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Chapter 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
To install VMware Tools in a Windows Server 2003 guest
1 Choose!Settings!>!VMware!Tools!Install!to!connect!the!virtual!machine’s!
CD‐ROM!drive!to!an!ISO!image!file!on!the!ESX!Server!machine.
If!autorun!is!enabled!in!your!guest!operating!system,!a!dialog!box!appears!asking!
whether!you!want!to!install!VMware!Tools.!
2Click!Install!to!launch!the!
installation!wizard.
If!autorun!is!not!enabled,!the!dialog!box!does!not!appear.!Run!VMwareTools.exe!
from!the!CD‐ROM!drive!(choose!Start!>!Run!>!D:\VMwareTools.exe)!to!install!
VMware!Tools.
Two!Hardware!Installation!messages!appear,!stating!that!the!VMware!SVGA!and!
VMware!Pointing!Device!drivers!have!not!passed!Windows!Logo!testing.!
3Accept!these!messages!and!continue.
4 Reboot!the!guest!operating!system!when!prompted.
When!the!installation!completes,!ESX!Server!disconnects!the!ISO!image!file!and!
returns!the!virtual!machine’s!CD‐ROM!drive!to!its!original!configuration.
To install VMware Tools in a Windows XP guest
1 Choose!Settings!>!VMware!Tools!Install!to!connect!the!virtual!machine’s!
CD‐ROM!drive!to!an!ISO
!image!file!on!the!ESX!Server!machine.!
If!autorun!is!enabled!in!your!guest!operating!system,!a!dialog!box!appears!asking!
whether!you!want!to!install!VMware!Tools.!
2Click!Install!to!launch!the!installation!wizard.
If!autorun!is!not!enabled,!the!dialog!box!does!not!appear.!Run!VMwareTools.exe!
from!the!CD
‐ROM!drive!(choose!Start!>!Run!>!D:\VMwareTools.exe)!to!install!
VMware!Tools.
Two!Hardware!Installation!messages!appear,!stating!that!the!VMware!SVGA!and!
VMware!Pointing!Device!drivers!have!not!passed!Windows!Logo!testing.!
3Accept!these!messages!and!continue.
4 Reboot!the!guest!operating!system!when!prompted.
When!the!installation!completes,!ESX!Server!
disconnects!the!ISO!image!file!and!
returns!the!virtual!machine’s!CD‐ROM!drive!to!its!original!configuration.