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How to install VMware Tools 11.0 on an individual ESXi host ^Įach ESXi has a directory called ProductLocker. You can anticipate this by "pushing" the libraries via WSUS if your organization is using them. However, when this is not the case, it will install the Visual C++ redistributable first, which makes the installation process much longer. If you are running Windows systems with these components already installed, the installer directly installs the new version of VMware Tools 11.0. When installing or upgrading VMware Tools 11, you'll notice it installs Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, and 2019 as a prerequisite. If you want to determine the vmware-tools version, run this command: vmware-toolbox-cmd -v Installing or upgrading VMware Tools 11.0 ^ Or, from the directory located at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\ run the command: VMwareToolboxCmd.exe -vįor Linux systems: From the console, run the vmware-toolbox command from the terminal and click About. How do I check the version of VMware Tools on my ESXi host? ^įor Windows systems: from the console or a remote desktop session, open VMware Tools from the Taskbar and click About. Note: The latest version of VMware Workstation 15.5 and Fusion 11.5 are bundled with the latest versions of VMware Tools v11.0. New support for GDI hardware acceleration in the WDDM 1.1 driver.Check the VMware documentation for a location of this config file in the operating system you're using in your VM.

An interesting fact is that if you modify the conf file, the changes are immediate as VM Tools checks the config file every five seconds. Admins can configure VMware Tools by editing the nf file.

VMware Tools uses a configuration file called conf to configure different operations such as logging, upgrading, entering guest info, and so on.
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This means Microsoft Update Service will push the new version of these drivers rather than through a VM Tools update. Updated drivers (pvscsi, vmxnet3, and vmci) are available through the same service for Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019. VM Tools now have better integration with the Microsoft Update Service.VMware Tools 11 download What's new in VMware Tools 11.0? ^
