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Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, click VMs.
3 Select a Solaris virtual machine, right click, and select Install VMware Tools.
4 Click Popout Console.
5 In the virtual machine, log in as root and, if necessary, mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM
image.
The Solaris volume manager vold mounts the CD-ROM under /cdrom/vmwaretools.
6 If the CD-ROM is not mounted, restart the volume manager by running these commands.
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/etc/init.d/volmgt stop
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/etc/init.d/volmgt start
7 After the CD-ROM is mounted, change to a working directory, for example, /tmp and extract VMware
Tools.
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cd /tmp
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gunzip -c /cdrom/vmwaretools/vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz | tar xf-
8 Run the VMware Tools tar installer.
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cd vmware-tools-distrib
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./vmware-install.pl
9 Press Enter to accept the default value.
10 Type exit.
11 Start your graphical environment.
12 In an X terminal, enter vmware-toolbox &.
Guest Operating Systems
A guest operating system is an operating system that runs inside a virtual machine. You can install a guest
operating system in a virtual machine and control guest operating system customization for virtual
machines created from vApp templates.
Install a Guest Operating System
With a guest OS you can manage virtual machines that are based on the available operating systems.
Prerequisites
The appropriate media file must be in your catalog.
Procedure
1 Click My Cloud.
2 In the left pane, click VMs.
3 Select a virtual machine, right-click, and select Insert CD/DVD.
4 Select an available media file in the top panel or select one and add it to your virtual datacenter in the
bottom panel.
5 Click OK.
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