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1. Re: Install VMware Tools grayed out
vijayrana968 Dec 14, 2017 8:30 AM (in response to Jayar16)Generally this option will grey out if you have already initiated this and Tools image is mounted to guest VM. Go to VM settings and check if tools image is mounted. You might have initiated it previously.
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2. Re: Install VMware Tools grayed out
Zak18_07 Jan 18, 2018 6:03 AM (in response to Jayar16)1 person found this helpfulHello,
when you see this option grayed out that's means sometimes that you don't have a virtual Optique drive in your Vmware guest , so try to make one from menu VM->settings->ADD .
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3. Re: Install VMware Tools grayed out
philip8 Sep 29, 2019 2:18 AM (in response to Zak18_07)This works.
After adding a CD/DVD drive, "Install VMware Tools" is not grayed out anymore.
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4. Re: Install VMware Tools grayed out
shd01 Oct 4, 2019 2:19 AM (in response to Jayar16)I had a similar problem when installing a 64-bit Debian 9.x VM from a VirtualBox .ova file on VMware Workstation 14 Pro.
The problem was that the guest OS was set to "other" in Settings->Options->General
If I set the OS to Debian 9.x, VMware complained about the BusLogic SCSI driver being incompatible and would not launch the VM.
Finally following another post, I set the OS type to ubuntu (even though it's Debian). Then it all worked; I was able to mount the vmware tools ISO and the "Install VMware Tools" menu option was available. Then in the VM it just appeared as if a CD had been put in the drive.
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5. Re: Install VMware Tools grayed out
Amin Masoudifard Oct 4, 2019 2:43 AM (in response to Jayar16)You can try to address following path of ISO files on the ESXi host :
/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/linux.iso
or
/vmfs/volumes/vsanDatastore/vmtools/linux.iso
And then install the VMware Tools on guest OS again.
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6. Re: Install VMware Tools grayed out
Wilmerwilkins Oct 30, 2019 1:53 AM (in response to Zak18_07)This worked for me too after a Fusion upgrade to 11:5 using a Windows 10 machine.