When you install a virtual machine into VMware, you have to install some quest additions called VMware Tools to your guest operating system to take the full advantage of all functionalities of this virtualization software. The reason why I use Open VM Tools instead of VMtools delivered by VMware on ESXi hosts or VMware. There are multiple options how to install VMware tools on FreeBSD but I personally use Open VM Tools native FreeBSD package as using Open VM Tools is actually the latest VMware's recommendation for unix like systems which is the case of FreeBSD.Someone know an workaround to install VMware Tools on FreeBSD 11? This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.Download open-vm-tools-10.3.0_1,2.txz for FreeBSD 12 from FreeBSD Ports Quarterly repository.In vSphere client, right-click on virtual machine -> Guest -> Install/Upgrade VMware Tools …. Following the VMware documentation on how to “Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Virtual Machine” Prerequisite: Perl must be installed in the guest operating system (see previous post).NOTE: Slave port - quarterly revision is most likely wrong. Port details: open-vm-tools-nox11 Open VMware tools for FreeBSD VMware guests 11.0.1_2,2 emulators =18 10.1.0 Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
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