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VMware Server User’s Guide
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Updating VMware Tools
BecauseVMwareToolsinstallers(ISOimages)areinstalledwithVMwareServer,when
youupdatetoanewversionofVMwareServer,acheckisperformedtodetermineifa
newversionofVMwareToolsisavailable.Whenyouupdatefromanearlierversionof
VMwareTools,thepreviousversionofVMware
Toolsmightbeuninstalled.
TheguestoperatingsystemchecksforVMwareToolsupdatesonlywhenyoupoweron
avirtualmachine.ItcomparesitsversionofVMwareToolsagainsttheversionthatis
installedonthehost.ForVMwareToolsupdatesonLinuxandWindowsguests,you
cansettheguest
toupdateautomatically(see“OptionsTabonpage 93)oryoucan
performamanualupdate.Onotherguests,youmustmanuallyupdate.
WhenyouupdateVMwareTools,anychangesyoumadetothedefaultscriptsare
overwritten.Anycustomscriptsyoucreatedremainuntouched,butdonotbenefit
fromany
underlyingchangesthatenhancethedefaultscripts.
To update VMware Tools for a virtual machine, do one of the following
IntheOptionstaboftheVMwareToolsControlPanelclicktheUpdatebutton.
InVIWebAccess,clickUpgradeVMwareToolsintheStatussectionofthevirtual
machineSummarytab.
Adialogboxenablesyoutoselectautomaticorinteractiveupgrade:
IfyouselectAutomaticVMwareToolsUpgradeandclickUpgrade,VMware
Toolsisupgradedwithoutfurtheruserinteraction.
IfyouselectInteractiveVMwareToolsUpgradeandclickUpgrade,the
remainingstepstakeplaceinsidethevirtualmachine.
UsethesameprocedurethatyouusedforinstallingVMwareToolsthefirst
time.Forplatformspecificinstallationinstructions,see“InstallingVMware
Tools”onpage 76.
YouarepromptedtoselecttheVMware
Toolscomponentstoupgrade.