HOW TO: Install open-vm-tools for Ubuntu 22.04 Linux on a VMware Ubuntu Server and Desktop Linux virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 8.0 (ESXi 8.0) Host Server
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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
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In this video, I will show you HOW TO: Install open-vm-tools for Ubuntu 22.04 Linux on a VMware Ubuntu Server and Desktop Linux virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 8.0 (ESXi 8.0) Host Server.
For more guidance and a step by step tutorial with screenshots, which supports this video, please see the following article which this video is based on HOW TO: Install open-vm-tools for Linux on a VMware Linux virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) Host Server
For more guidance and a step by step tutorial with screenshots, which supports this video, please see the following article which this video is based on HOW TO: Install open-vm-tools for Linux on a VMware Linux virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) Host Server
Video Steps
1. Connect to the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 8.0 (ESXi 8.0) or vSphere vCenter Server using the VMware Host or vSphere Web Client.
Connect to the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 8.0 (ESXi 8.0). Please see this video.HOW TO: Connect to the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 8.0 (ESXi 8.0 IA) using the vSphere (HTML5 Web) Host Client 8.0
2. Checking if VMware Tools is installed in the Virtual Machine.
Check the virtual machine summary to check if VMware Tools is installed.3. Nothing to do!.
You may find that open-vm-tools is already installed as part of the installation on your version of Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop and Server, and therefore does not require installation!
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