Cannot install vmware tool on vm centos 7

[ESXinooby]

I have a ESXi 5.5.0 where I have started a Centos 7 Server. I am unable to install vmWare tools on the vm. I have tried following this guide vSphere Documentation Center but in the end it says creating new init….. somethnig something

[marioxherrera]

Strange, I've never experienced issues while installing VMTools on Linux box.

However, maybe this is because the VMTools release version you're using is to old to CentOS 7.

Why don't you try installing open-vm-tools instead? If you're dealing with a LAB environment it might be worth of using it.

If this is a prod environment, then I would suggest going with VMware Tools.

yum install open-vm-tools

Cheers,

Mario

[ESXinooby]

I would like to have vm tools installed. If you never have had issues installing it on a Linux vm can please give me a guide for how to do it?

[Fouad Sethna]

There is a good write up:

Options for installing VMware Tools into Linux VMs | OxCloud

but really it is as simple as:

# yum install open-vm-tools

[ESXinooby]

I prefer to use vmWare tools instead of open tools.