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  • 1.  location of VMTools source

    Posted Sep 22, 2010 09:02 AM

    Hi there,

    does anyone have a list of the location where the VMTools sources are stored?

    VirtualCenter:

    vCenter:

    ESX:

    ESXi:

    Hypervisor:

    thx



  • 2.  RE: location of VMTools source

    Posted Sep 22, 2010 09:26 AM

    What do you mean by the source of VMTools.

    VMWare Tools are part of the ESXi CD/Image and once you create a VM and install VMWare Tools in a freshly created VM you can access the tools from your CD/DVD drive as its mounted there. Most of the times VMWare tools starts installation automatically but if it does not then access your CD/DVD drive and run VMWare Tools from there.

    Nikhil



  • 3.  RE: location of VMTools source

    Posted Sep 22, 2010 09:58 AM

    In former versions of the ESX for example, the .iso files where stored in /vmimages/tools-isoimages.

    If I understand you right the VMTools arn't stored on the ESXi. So I'd need the ESXi CD/DVD to install them.

    What about when the ESXi is managed from a vCenter Server - where are the VMTools source come from when I click "Install VMTools"?