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Update VMware Tools

The guest operating system checks for VMware Tools updates when you power on a virtual machine. The status bar of the guest displays a message when a new version is available.

To install a VMware Tools update, you can use the same procedure that you used for installing VMware Tools the first time.

For Windows and Linux guests, some VMware products allow you to configure the virtual machine to update VMware Tools automatically when the virtual machine is powered on. The status bar displays the message Installing VMware Tools ... when an update is in progress.

In Windows guests, after the update is complete, if you are logged in, a restart prompt appears for 30 seconds before rebooting. If you are not logged in, the guest restarts without prompting.

Prerequisites

Make sure VMware Tools is running in the guest operating system.

Procedure

1	For Windows, Linux, and other guest operating systems, use the same menu command that you used to install VMware Tools originally.

On Windows guests, you can alternatively use the Options tab in the VMware Tools control panel and click Update Tools.

On Windows guests, the installation wizard appears. On Linux guests, the guest operating system mounts the VMware Tools installation virtual CD.

2	Complete the installation process.

Operating System	Action
Windows guests	Respond to the wizard prompts. You are prompted to restart the virtual machine when the wizard is finished.
UNIX guests other than Linux	Follow the rest of the procedure you used to install VMware Tools originally, including running the vmware-config-tools.pl script.
Linux	a Follow the rest of the procedure you used to install VMware Tools originally, including running the vmware-config-tools.pl script. b Open an X terminal and enter the following command to start the VMware user process: vmware-user. In Linux guests, the VMware User process does not restart following an update until you launch it manually or log out of your window manager and log in again. c Reboot the virtual machine or manually reload the vmxnet, vmxnet3, and pvsci kernel modules. During the update process only the module files themselves are overwritten. To take advantage of the new versions of the Paravirtual SCSI and VMXNet NIC device drivers, you must reboot or reload the modules.

Related concepts

VMware Tools Device Drivers