Vmware Tools Esxi 6.5

VMware Tools (vmtools) are periodically updated to include improved drivers, bug fixes, and better OS support. Simboli elettrici civili pdf to excel. With vSphere 6.5, the tools package is now split into two distinct ones, one for Legacy (v10.1) operating systems, some of which are no longer supported by the original vendor and one for current operating systems (v10.0.12).

You can upgrade VMware Tools manually, or you can configure virtual machines to check for and install newer versions of VMware Tools.The guest operating system checks the version of VMware Tools when you power on a virtual machine. The status bar of your virtual machine displays a message when a new version is available.For vSphere virtual machines, A newer version of Tools is available for this VMis displayed when the installed version of VMware Tools is out of date.In Windows virtual machines, you can set VMware Tools to notify you when an upgrade is available. If this notification option is enabled, the VMware Tools icon in the Windows taskbar includes a yellow caution icon when a VMware Tools upgrade is available.To install a VMware Tools upgrade, you can use the same procedure that you used for installing VMware Tools the first time.

Upgrading VMware Tools means installing a new version.For Windows and Linux guest operating systems, you can configure the virtual machine to automatically upgrade VMware Tools. Although the version check is performed when you power on the virtual machine, on Windows guest operating systems, the automatic upgrade occurs when you power off or restart the virtual machine. The status bar displays the message Installing VMware Tools. When an upgrade is in progress. The procedure is mentioned below. Note:Upgrading VMware Tools on Windows guest operation systems automatically installs the WDDM graphics drivers. The WDDM graphics driver allows the sleep mode available in guest OS power settings to adjust the sleep options.