Specifications

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background application with this command:
vmware-toolbox &
You may run VMware Tools as root or as a normal user. To shrink virtual disks, you
must run VMware Tools as root (su -). To test and edit scripts, you must run VMware
Tools as the root user.
In a NetWare 5.1 or higher guest operating system, you can access the VMware Tools
control panel by choosing Novell > Settings > VMware Tools for NetWare.
With some window managers, you can place the command to start VMware Tools in a
startup configuration so VMware Tools starts automatically when you start your
graphical environment. Consult your window manager’s documentation for details.
For more information, see Starting VMware Tools Automatically on page 73.
A Reminder About Installing VMware Tools
An alert appears in the status bar — at the bottom left corner of the VMware GSX
Server window — when your virtual machine is not running the version of VMware
Tools that matches your version of GSX Server.
To launch the VMware Tools installer, choose VM > Install VMware Tools.
Note: Your guest operating system must be completely installed and running when
you install VMware Tools.
For details, see Installing VMware Tools on page 62.
Creating a Screen Shot of a Virtual Machine
You can capture a screen shot of a virtual machine using File > Capture Screen. You
can save this image as a bitmap (.bmp) file on a Windows host or as a portable
network graphics (.png) file on a Linux host.