Install vmware tools sles 11 sp1

You can see three files and two directories. Unfortunately in Chrome the full file path is cut off for the files. Only by hovering over the link can you see the full file name. The two folders x64 and x86 contain standalone. Just pick your flavour:. You can see there is an autorun. If not, launch setup. In fact if you look at the file size for the 32 and 64 bit files they match:.

Come back for a future blog post where I will show a couple of ways to deploy this way. This will require using silent install deployment options using command line switches. You can get some idea of what is required by calling the installation. It seems kind of strange that if you do not want to install some component you have to first specify to install everything then remove the component. Just one of those things when they designed msi packages I guess.

So how do you know what the individual component names are? VMware Tools is a critical part of your vSphere environment. This should give you the knowledge to integrate the deployment of VMware tools in an silent fashion using a simple command line script. January 4, 3 minute read. What privileges are required for Packer to build in vCenter and a lesson on security versus simplicity. December 13, 1 minute read. How to show all entries returned when using Format-List in PowerShell.

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