Installing and Configuring

Using vmwtool to Configure VMware Tools in a NetWare Virtual Machine
In a NetWare virtual machine, using the system console, you can configure certain virtual machine options
such as time synchronization, CPU idling, and device configuration with VMware Tools. The VMware Tools
command-line program is called vmwtool.
Although you cannot use the VMware Tools configuration utility in a NetWare virtual machine, you can use
the vmwtool command to achieve some of the same functionality. This command has the following syntax:
vmwtool command
For command, you can use the commands and options listed in the following table.
Table 5-1. vmwtool Commands
vmwtool Command Description
help
Displays a summary of VMware Tools commands and options in a NetWare
guest operating system.
partitonlist
Displays a list of all disk partitions in the virtual disk and whether or not a
partition can be shrunk.
shrink [ partition ]
Shrinks the listed partitions. If no partitions are specified, all partitions in the
virtual disk are shrunk.
The status of the shrink process appears at the bottom of the system console.
devicelist
Lists each removable device in the virtual machine, its device ID, and
whether the device is enabled or disabled. Removable devices include the
virtual network adapter, CD-ROM, and floppy drives. By default, floppy
drive is not connected when the virtual machine powers on.
disabledevice [ device_name ]
Disables the specified device or devices in the virtual machine. If no device
is specified, all removable devices in the virtual machine are disabled.
enabledevice [ device_name ]
Enables the specified device or devices in the virtual machine. If no device is
specified, all removable devices in the virtual machine are enabled.
synctime [on|off]
Lets you turn on or off synchronization of time in the guest operating system
with time on the host operating system. By default, time synchronization is
turned off.
Use this command without any options to view the current time
synchronization status.
idle [on|off]
Lets you turn the CPU idler on or off. By default, the idler is turned on. The
CPU idler program is included in VMware Tools for NetWare guest
operating systems.
The idler program is needed because NetWare servers do not idle the CPU
when the operating system is idle. As a result, a virtual machine takes CPU
time from the host regardless of whether the NetWare server software is idle
or busy.
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