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Tarucan
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Esxi7 vmwaretools problem

I have esxi7 with 1 vm into it and run on baremetal.

i have ubuntu22 vm working fine, but can't install or activare vmwaretools.

all menu are grayed.

any help plz?

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You need to install open-vmtools within the Ubuntu VM

server: sudo apt install open-vm-tools

desktop: sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop open-vm-tools

then reboot

you can check if they have installed by running

 lsmod | grep vmw

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battybishop
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You need to install open-vmtools within the Ubuntu VM

server: sudo apt install open-vm-tools

desktop: sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop open-vm-tools

then reboot

you can check if they have installed by running

 lsmod | grep vmw