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The scripts run when the power state of the virtual machine changes.

Run scripts that help automate guest operating system operations.

Customize guest operating systems as a part of the vCenter Server and other VMware products.

Pass messages from the host operating system to the guest operating system.

In this article, I will introduce on Windows-based machines, 2 ways of how to install VMware Tools on virtual machine, and update VMware Tools on ESXi host.īefore you start, please always remember to perform virtual machine backup before any risky operations. Now VMware Tools has been decoupled from the release of VMware ESXi, new VMware tools versions are no longer released with new versions of ESXi.

VMware Tools is a set of services and modules that enable several features in VMware products for better management of, and seamless user interactions with, guests operating systems. If you want to better manage your virtual machines, if you want to enjoy the ability to take quiesced snapshots of the guest operating system, the enhanced graphics and mouse performance, or the better memory management, you cannot go wrong with VMware Tools.