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6 Uncompress the installer and unmount the CD-ROM image.
If you install an RPM installation over a tar installation, or the reverse, the installer detects the previous
installation and must convert the installer database format before continuing.
Option
In the tar installer
In the RPM installer
7 Run the installer.
Option
In the tar installer
In the RPM installer
8 After the upgrade is complete, restart the network by running
9 Type .
exit
10 Start your graphical environment.
11 In an X terminal, run
Install VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest
You can install VMware Tools on a Solaris guest OS.
Prerequisites
The VMware Remote Console plug-in is installed.
Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, click VMs.
3 Select a Solaris virtual machine, right click, and select Open Console.
4 Click Install VMware Tools.
5 In the virtual machine, log in as root and, if necessary, mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image.
The Solaris volume manager vold mounts the CD-ROM under
6 If the CD-ROM is not mounted, restart the volume manager by running these commands.
n
/etc/init.d/volmgt stop
n
/etc/init.d/volmgt start
7 After the CD-ROM is mounted, change to a working directory, for example,
Tools.
n
cd /tmp
n
gunzip -c /cdrom/vmwaretools/vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz | tar xf-
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Action
At the command prompt, type
tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-4.0.0-xxxx.tar.gz unmount /
dev/cdrom where xxxx is the build or revision number of the release.
At the command prompt, type
tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-4.0.0-<xxxx>.i386.gz unmount
/dev/cdrom where <xxxx> is the build/revision number of the release.
Action
Type cd vmware-tools-distrib./vmware-install.pl. Press Enter to
accept the default value.
Configure VMware Tools, type vmware-config-tools.pl Press Enter to
accept the default value.
.
vmware-toolbox &
Chapter 9 Working with Virtual Machines
/etc/init.d/network restart
.
/cdrom/vmwaretools
and extract VMware
/tmp
.
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