Workstation User’s Manual
104 VMware, Inc.
VMware Tools Control Panel
TheVMwareToolscontrolpanelletsyoumodifysettings,shrinkvirtualdisks,and
connectanddisconnectvirtualdevices.See“OpentheVMwareToolsControlPanel”
onpage 119.
Installing VMware Tools
TheinstallersforVMwareToolsarestoredwithWorkstationasISOimagefiles.
WorkstationdownloadsthemostrecentversionofthesefilesfromaVMwareWebsite.
WhenyouselectVM>InstallVMwareTools,Workstationdetermineswhetherithas
downloadedthemostrecentversionoftheISOfileforthes
pecificoperatingsyst
em.If
Workstationdoesnothavethemostrecentversion,orifWorkstationhasnever
downloadedanimagefileforthatoperatingsystem,youarepromptedtodownload
thefile.
WhenWorkstationhasthemostrecentversionoftheISOimagefile,Workstation
temporarilyconnectsthevirtualmachine’sfirstvirtualCD‐ROMdr
ivetoth
ecorrect
ISOimagefile.
Theinstallationprocedurevariesdependingontheoperatingsystem:
“InstallVMwareToolsinaWindowsGuest”onpage 104
“InstallVMwareToolsinaLinuxGuest”onpage 109
“InstallVMwareToolsinaSolarisGuest”onpage 111
“InstallVMwareToolsinaFreeBSDGuest”onpage 112
“InstallVMwareToolsinaNetWareGuest”onpage 113
Install VMware Tools in a Windows Guest
VMwareToolsissupportedonallWindowsguestoperatingsystems.Beforeyouuse
themenucommandtoinstallVMwareTools,performthefollowingtasks,asnecessary:
Makesurethevirtualmachineispoweredon.
IfyouarerunningWorkstationonaWindowshostandyourvirtualmachinehas
onlyoneCD‐ROMdrive,makesuretheCD‐ROMdriveisconfiguredasanIDEor
SCSICD‐ROMdrive.Itcannot beconfiguredasagenericSCSIdevice.Ifnecessary,
addanIDEorSCSICD‐ROMdri
vetothevirtualmachine.See“A d di n g
DVD/CD‐ROMandFloppyDrivestoaVirtualMachine”onpage 250.
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