How to Install Open VMware Tools on CentOS 8

VMware Tools are very important role plays when working with VMware Player, VMware Workstation Pro, VMware ESXi or vSphere. If VMware Tools are installed on a guest, it will report back to the VMware hypervisor guest’s IP address, CPU usage, disk usage, memory usage etc. Installing VMware Tools on a Linux machine requires a few extra steps compared to Windows. RPM based installation performed on CentOS 8 and related packages are available in its default’s repository.

This article describes How to Install VMware Tools on CentOS 8.

 

Step 1. VMware Tools Installation: Run the following command to install VMware Tools packages:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# dnf install open-vm-tools -y …………………….. Installed: ……………………..   libxslt-1.1.32-6.el8.x86_64            open-vm-tools-11.2.5-2.el8.x86_64 ……………………..   Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 2. Reboot Guest Machine: Make sure all precautions followed before taking reboot Guest Machine and also consult with concerns. Run the following command to reboot the guest machine to get active installed VMware Tools:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# reboot

 

Login again after restarted the guest machine:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# uptime  07:23:50 up 3 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.11, 0.37, 0.19 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 3. Validate Tools Installation: Run the following command to verify the installation:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# rpm -qa|grep open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-11.2.5-2.el8.x86_64 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Done!!! VMware open Tools installed successfully on CentOS 8.