Title: open-vm-tools.tcz Project: open-vm-tools Description: CLI utilities for VMware and ESXi hosted virtual machine clients Version: 11.2.0.23855 (build-16938113) Author: VMware Original-site: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools Copying-policy: GPL 2, LGPL 2.1 Size: 780K Extension_by: andyj Tags: vmware esxi client utilities virtual machine Comments: Utilities for all virtual machine clients using VMware Workstation Pro (full functionality): time sync, host folders, mouse auto grab/ungrab, hot-plug devices (USB), sound, suspend/power-down Player (limited functionality): time sync, host folders, hot-plug devices (USB), sound, suspend/power-down ESXi (minimal functionality, X dependencies not required for console only VM): time sync, host-client status, suspend/power-down See also https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803 ---- Download and install in console before reboot; do not install while in X. Use /usr/local/etc/init.d/open-vm-tools (e.g. /opt/bootlocal.sh) to control vmtoolsd service Verify permissions for /dev/fuse are 1666. Logging in should create a /mnt/hgfs-${shared folder name} mount point and mount each enabled shared folder If not run /etc/profile.d/open-vm-tools.sh Make sure the shared folder path is not in /opt/.filetool.lst or backups will fail Xorg and its dependencies are not needed for text only VM's. ---- Change-log: 2016/02/19 First version, 10.0.0 2016/04/06 version 10.0.7 2016/11/27 version 10.1.0 2017/01/04 add missing directory from git 2017/03/19 update to version 10.1.5 2017/07/01 recompiled for TC 8.x 2018/01/12 updated to version 10.2.0 and GTK3, recompiled for TC 9.x 2018/04/11 updated to version 10.2.5 2018/07/19 updated to version 10.3.0 2018/11/10 updated to version 10.3.5 2018/11/18 updated scripts for shared folders 2019/01/21 recompiled for TC 10.x 2019/02/09 updated shutdown/reboot commands; dropped dependency on ICU 2019/03/18 updated to version 10.3.10 2019/07/06 recompiled for openssl-1.1.1, updates to shared folder scripts 2019/10/22 upgraded to version 11.0.1 2020/02/04 updated to version 11.0.5, recompiled for TC 11.x 2020/06/09 updated to version 11.1.0 2020/09/10 updated to version 11.1.5 Current: 2020/11/06 updated to version 11.2.0