Installing and Configuring

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Log in to the guest operating system as an administrator.
Procedure
1 Use the certificate export wizard to create a VMware certificate file.
a Locate a signed VMware file, such as a VMware .exe or .sys file.
b Right-click the file and select Properties.
c Click the Digital Signatures tab and select View Certificate.
d Click the Details tab and click Copy to File.
e Complete the instructions in the export wizard and name the exported certificate vmware.cer.
2 Copy the exported VMware certificate to the guest operating system on which you plan to install VMware
Tools.
3 Obtain a copy of the certmgr.exe application and copy it to the guest operating system on which you plan
to install VMware Tools.
The certmgr.exe application is included in the Windows SDK.
4 In the guest operating system, run the certmgr.exe command to add the VMware certificate to the trusted
publishers group.
certmgr.exe -add vmware.cer -c -s -r localMachine TrustedPublisher
When you run the VMware Tools installer, no prompts appear in the guest operating system.
What to do next
Install VMware Tools. See “Automate the Installation of VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine,” on
page 14.
Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine
For Linux virtual machines, you manually install or upgrade VMware Tools by using the command line.
Install the latest version of VMware Tools to enhance the performance of the virtual machine's guest operating
system and improve virtual machine management. When you power on a virtual machine, if a new version of
VMware Tools is available, you see a notification in the status bar of the guest operating system.
NOTE This procedure describes how to use the VMware Tools tar installer to install or upgrade VMware Tools.
For virtual machines in a vSphere environment, you can alternatively use VMware Tools operating system
specific packages (OSPs) to install and upgrade VMware Tools. With OSPs you can use the native update
mechanisms of your operating system to download, install, and manage VMware Tools. For more information,
see “Operating System Specific Packages for Linux Guest Operating Systems,” on page 20.
Prerequisites
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Power on the virtual machine.
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Verify that the guest operating system is running.
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Because the VMware Tools installer is written in Perl, verify that Perl is installed in the guest operating
system.
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For vSphere virtual machines, to determine whether you have the latest version of VMware Tools, in the
vSphere Client inventory, select the virtual machine and click the Summary tab.
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