how to add vmware tools in vmware while installing oracle

I assume you have a CD drive attached to your VM with Oracle? When you attempt to install Tools, it releases the CD attached to the VM so Tools can install, correct? Depending on your ESX/i version, you can download the installable for VMware Tools, for your OS on VMware's site, place the exe on the desktop, and run the Tools installer. I dont know why you want or need to run them at the same time, though.

Regards,
~coolsport00

You can download Tools from here:
http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html. Select the version of ESX, then the OS version you need Tools to be installed on. For Windows 32bit and 64bit, see here:
http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.0u2/windows/index.html

~coolsport00

vm-settings-options-sharedfolders in vmware is disabled

could you please me to enable so that I can use vmware tools.
Thanks

Oh, btw...the download, it seems, is an ISO file. That being said, what you'll have to do to get it as an installer package is burn it to a CD using something like ROXIO.

~coolsport00

Ok...so let's start from the beginning so I understand you. First, what VMware product are you using? Do you have a VM that you're installing Oracle on? Does this VM have VMware Tools installed on it? Please be specific of what you're trying to do...

Thanks.

~coolsport00

1)VMware Workstation
2)Oracle is not installed but oracle linux server (redhat 5) is successfully installed
3)vmware tools installed or not (how will I confirm that)

pg. 107 to install in a Linux VM guest OS...