Open-vm-tools

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https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools

• apt install open-vm-tools
• apt install open-vm-tools-desktop
• yum install open-vm-tools

/usr/bin/VGAuthService
/usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse
/usr/bin/vmtoolsd
/usr/bin/vmware-checkvm
/usr/bin/vmware-hgfsclient
/usr/bin/vmware-namespace-cmd
/usr/bin/vmware-rpctool
/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd
/usr/bin/vmware-vgauth-cmd
/usr/bin/vmware-vgauth-smoketest
/usr/bin/vmware-vmblock-fuse
/usr/bin/vmware-xferlogs

vm-support

Activities

• Install open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop in your Ubuntu virtual machine to enable enhanced sessions and copy and paste with host in Hyper-V

Related terms

• VMware tools
• Hyper-V

See also

• VMware, VMware vSphere, VMware ESXi (ESXi Patching), VMware Fusion hypervisor for macOS, CloudFoundry, Workspace ONE intelligent hub, AirWatch, open-vm-tools, VMware Tanzu, vCenter, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMFS, esxcli, vim-cmd, Storage DRS (SDRS), VSphere Lifecycle Manager, Virtualization Based Security, VMware vMotion, VMware desktop, Greenplum, VMware Workstation Player, VMware Workspace ONE: VMware Workspace ONE UEM, VMware Verify, vRO, vRA, CloudHealth, Bitnami, VMware Application Catalog
• Hyper-V, Start-VM, Get-VM, vmconnect, Connect-VM, Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), Virtual Switch Manager, VHD, set-vmvideo, MOF