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Follow the below instructions to mount vmware tools.
Under the vSphere client session, select install vmware tools for the guest OS. Click on the Guest and select Install/Upgrade VMware tools from the menu.
Install kernel headers and some tools used to install VMware tools
apt-get install binutils cpp gcc make psmisc linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Mount the cdrom drive. Make sure you have mounted the VMware tools virtual cd from the host before moving on.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
Extract VMware tools to the tmp directory:
tar -C /tmp -zxvf /mnt/VMwareTools-x.x.x-xxxxx.tar.gz (Where x.x.x-xxxxx is the version of vmware tools mounted)
The filename depends on the host software/OS. Here is a reference to a VMware ESX 3i VMware tools package.
Unmount the virtual cd
umount /mnt
Make sure you run the following command from the Console, don't try to run it using SSH because the network will be restarted and the installation will fail.
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
Accept the defaults for every question. Make sure you're located inside the vmware-tools-distrib folder when executing the vmware-install.pl script or the installation will fail.
To finish the installation and start the virtual machine with VMware tools installed, reboot the virtual machine:
reboot
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