Installing and Configuring
Table Of Contents
- Installing and Configuring VMware Tools
- Contents
- About Installing and Configuring VMware Tools
- Components of VMware Tools
- Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Installing VMware Tools
- Upgrading VMware Tools
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine
- Automate the Installation of VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Solaris Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a NetWare Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Mac OS X Virtual Machine
- Repairing, Changing, and Uninstalling VMware Tools Components
- Using the VMware Tools Configuration Utility
- Using Other Methods to Configure VMware Tools
- Security Considerations for Configuring VMware Tools
- Index
Table 2-1. VMware Tools Component Values
Valid Component Values Description
Drivers
Audio
Audio driver for 64-bit operating systems and Windows Vista and
later systems.
BootCamp
Driver for Mac BootCamp support.
Buslogic
VMware BusLogic driver. If your virtual machine is configured to
use the LSI driver, you might want to remove this feature.
Debug
Driver for the VMware record/replay feature.
LSI
PCI Fusion-MPT Miniport driver for Windows XP systems.
MemCtl
VMware memory control driver. Use this driver if you plan to use
this virtual machine in a vSphere environment. Excluding this
feature hinders the memory management capabilities of the
virtual machine running in a vSphere environment.
Mouse
VMware mouse driver. Excluding this feature decreases mouse
performance in your virtual machine.
PVSCSI
Driver for PVSCSI adapters, which enhance the performance of
some virtualized applications.
SVGA
VMware SVGA driver. Excluding this feature limits the display
capabilities of your virtual machine.
Sync
Filesystem Sync driver, which enables backup applications to
create application-consistent snapshots. This driver ensures that
no I/O is written during snapshot creation. This driver is used if
the guest operating system is earlier than Windows Server 2003.
For newer operating systems, the VSS driver is used instead.
ThinPrint
Driver that enables printers added to the host operating system to
appear in the list of available printers in the virtual machine. This
virtual printing feature does not require any additional printer
drivers to be installed in the virtual machine.
VMCI
Virtual Machine Communication Interface driver. This driver
allows virtual machines to communicate with each other without
using the network. Developers can write client-server applications
to the VMCI Sock (vsock) interface to make use of the VMCI
virtual device.
Hgfs
VMware shared folders driver. Use this driver if you plan to use
this virtual machine with VMware Workstation, Player, or Fusion.
Excluding this feature prevents you from sharing a folder between
your virtual machine and the host system.
VMXNet
VMware VMXnet networking driver.
VMXNet3
Next-generation VMware VMXnet networking driver for virtual
machines that use virtual hardware version 7 and higher. For more
information, see the VMware Knowledge Base article 1001805.
VSS
Driver for creating automatic backups. This driver is used if the
guest operating system is Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003,
or other newer operating system. For older operating systems, the
Filesystem Sync driver is used instead.
Toolbox
Unity
Component to support the Unity feature, which allows you to
open an application window in a virtual machine, enter Unity
mode, and have that window appear on your host desktop like
any other host application window.
PerfMon
Driver for WMI performance logging.
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