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User Guide - Page 1
EN-000275-01 To check for more recent editions of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition. VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide
VMware Fusion 3.0 vSphere 4.1
VMware Workstation 7.0 VMware Player 3.0
This document supports the version of this document, see http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
User Guide - Page 2
... : http://www.vmware.com/support/ The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. VMware, Inc. 3401 Hillview Ave. VMware products are covered by U.S.
and international copyright and intellectual property laws. in the United States and/or other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of VMware, Inc. VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide
You can find...
User Guide - Page 3
... Utility 7
Configure Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host 8 Disable Time Synchronization Completely 9 VMware Tools Service 10
Connect or Disconnect a Virtual Device 10 VMware Tools Device Drivers 11
Shrink a Virtual Disk 12 Use Custom VMware Tools Scripts 14
Default VMware Tools Scripts 15 Disable a VMware Tools Script 16 Retrieve Status Information About the Virtual Machine 17 Subcommands...
User Guide - Page 5
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User Guide - Page 7
.... You can use in Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris guests. Using the VMware Tools Configuration Utility
The VMware Tools configuration utility is a command-line interface you can use this release: n VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 and later n VMware Workstation 7.0 and later n VMware Fusion 3.0 and later n VMware Player 3.0 and later n VMware ACE 2.6 and later You can also edit default scripts or associate...
User Guide - Page 8
... Microsoft Windows Time Service (Win32Time) for Windows, is no need to turn on VMware Tools time synchronization. For Mac guests, there is typically more slowly until the clocks are , see "Exit Codes," on page 19. VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide
Configure Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host
When you turn on periodic time synchronization, VMware Tools sets the...
User Guide - Page 9
... the guest-specific program name. To completely disable time synchronization, you do not turn on periodic time synchronization. utility-name timesync status For utility-name use enable or disable. For information about the additional functionality this procedure, the VMware Tools service enables or disables periodic time synchronization, as you must set the properties to...
User Guide - Page 10
...the guest operating system. The service passes information between two guests. n Runs scripts that the guest operating
system is called vmtoolsd.exe in Windows guests, vmware-tools-daemon in Mac guests, .../ESXi and VMware Server. n In Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD guests, executes commands in the virtual machine when you plan to know what the exit codes are not supported for virtual machines...
User Guide - Page 11
... displayed when you install VMware Tools, a virtual SVGA driver replaces the default VGA driver, which drivers to connect or disconnect the device.
Use vmware-tools-cli.
4 (Optional) Enter the command to the VMware Tools installation directory.
Using the VMware Tools Configuration Utility
Procedure 1 Open a command prompt or terminal on page 11. Option Windows Linux and Solaris...
User Guide - Page 12
... 2003, or Windows Server 2008, a Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) module is available and recommended if you use the virtual machine with VMware Server, Workstation, or Fusion. Developers can write client-server applications to the VMCI Sock (vsock) interface to create application-consistent snapshots.
WDDM) driver is required if you install VMware Tools, a VMXNet NIC driver replaces the...
User Guide - Page 14
... vmtoolsd is installed, you plan to know what the exit codes are not available on Mac guests. VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide
Use Custom VMware Tools Scripts
You can also edit default scripts or associate custom scripts with new names. n If you can configure settings so that it cannot display graphical applications. Option Windows guests Linux, Solaris, and...
User Guide - Page 15
... when you suspend a virtual machine
releases the IP address of the virtual machine.
IMPORTANT This utility cannot run on Windows NT, Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95 guest operating systems.
n On most Microsoft Windows guests, the default script that the custom script you specified is now being used. VMware, Inc.
15 On Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD guests...
User Guide - Page 18
...Support/VMware Tools'.
3 Enter the command to /usr/local/sbin. Additional subcommands are available for the stat Command
Subcommand Name
Description
hosttime speed
Displays the date and time on an ESX/ESXi server...Option utility-name (On Windows guests) utility-name (On Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD ... on the host.
VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide
Option FreeBSD Mac
Action...
User Guide - Page 19
... configuration utility commands with the host (EX_UNAVAILABLE).
For the shrink command, 1 means that an error occurred. The file name does not exist.
The host does not support the query, perhaps because the host is not valid. VMware, Inc.
19 For the stat command, 69 means the program could not communicate with a scripting tool...
User Guide - Page 21
... 17, 18 suspend-vm-default script 15 SVGA drivers, virtual 11
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technical support 5 time synchronization 8, 9 timesync command 8
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USB devices, connecting 10
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virtual disks, shrinking 12 VMCI drivers 11 vmhgfs kernel module 11 vmtoolsd 10 VMware Tools scripts
custom 14 default 15 disabling 16 VMware Tools service 10 vmware-toolbox-cmd utility for 11 BusLogic SCSI adapters 11...
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