Downloads:
1,341,690
Downloads of v 10.1.7.5541682:
960
Last Update:
27 May 2017
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- VMware
- Inc
Tags:
vmware vsphere esxi tools adminVMWare Tools for Windows (Install)
This is not the latest version of VMWare Tools for Windows (Install) available.
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10.1.7.5541682 | Updated: 27 May 2017
Downloads:
1,341,690
Downloads of v 10.1.7.5541682:
960
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- VMware
- Inc
VMWare Tools for Windows (Install) 10.1.7.5541682
This is not the latest version of VMWare Tools for Windows (Install) available.
Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by VMware, Inc. The inclusion of VMware, Inc trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify VMware, Inc goods or services and not for commercial purposes.
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This Package Contains an Exempted Check
Not All Tests Have Passed
Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install VMWare Tools for Windows (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade VMWare Tools for Windows (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall VMWare Tools for Windows (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download vmware-tools --internalize --version=10.1.7.5541682 --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/
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For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
- Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade vmware-tools -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'10.1.7.5541682'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade vmware-tools -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'10.1.7.5541682'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install vmware-tools
win_chocolatey:
name: vmware-tools
version: '10.1.7.5541682'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'vmware-tools' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '10.1.7.5541682'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller vmware-tools
{
Name = "vmware-tools"
Version = "10.1.7.5541682"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'vmware-tools':
ensure => '10.1.7.5541682',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
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This package was approved as a trusted package on 27 May 2017.
Overview of VMware Tools
VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machines guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. Without VMware Tools installed in your guest operating system, guest performance lacks important functionality. Installing VMware Tools eliminates or improves these issues:
- Low video resolution
- Inadequate color depth
- Incorrect display of network speed
- Restricted movement of the mouse
- Inability to copy and paste and drag-and-drop files
- Missing sound
- Provides the ability to take quiesced snapshots of the guest OS
- Synchronizes the time in the guest operating system with the time on the host
VMware Tools includes these components:
- VMware Tools service
- VMware device drivers
- VMware user process
- VMware Tools control panel
PACKAGING NOTES:
- This VMware Tools installation is going to cause a reboot of your VM whether you like it or not!
- This package downloads via a static link that should never fail.
- This version of VMware Tools is intended to be used with VSphere v5.5 and later clients.
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- vmware-tools.10.1.7.5541682.nupkg (1ca3d31e3df9) - ## / 58
- VMware-tools-10.1.7-5541682-x86_64.exe (abb20617de91) - ## / 61
- VMware-tools-10.1.7-5541682-i386.exe (b6fbd8f979e1) - ## / 59
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Copyright © 2016 VMware, Inc.
This package has no dependencies.
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