How to install VMware Tools on an RSA Virtual Appliance
Originally Published: 2014-12-05
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Virtual Appliance / Virtual Machine
Platform: VMware vCenter, ESX, ESXi
Platform (Other): VMware Tools
Issue
Tasks
Resolution
- Logon to vCenter.
- Open the Console to the virtual machine.
- Connect the CD/DVD drive to an ISO image on the datastore on the ESX host.
- By default the VMware Tools ISO image is in the vmimages folder on your ESX host.
- Open the tools-isoimages folder.
- Select the linux.iso file and click OK
- Logon to the virtual machine through the vCenter Console or an ssh session.
- Create a mount point and mount the virtual CD/DVD
mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
- Copy the installation file from the CD/DVD drive to the appliance.
cp /mnt/cdrom/*.gz /tmp
- Unmount the CD/DVD drive.
umount /dev/cdrom
- Unzip the VMware Tools files into the /tmp folder and launch a silent installation of the VMware Tools.
cd /tmp
tar zxpf VMwareTools-9.4.0-1280544.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl --default EULA_AGREED=yes
tar zxpf VMwareTools-9.4.0-1280544.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl --default EULA_AGREED=yes
- Start the VMware Tools from the command line or reboot the virtual machine.
/etc/vmware-tools/services.sh restart
- Verify that the VMware Tools are installed, up-to-date and running in vCenter.
- Return to the Console in vCenter and disconnect the ISO image from the virtual CD/DVD.
If you are unsure of any of the steps above or experience any issues, contact RSA Support and quote this article number for further assistance.
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