The compatibility guide shows open-vm-tools & tools bundles with host (ESXi) are not supported and the only supported VMware Tools is ISO from my.vmware.com
In this case, you can download the VMware Tools ISO from my.vmware.com or this link: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/info?slug=datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_5#driv...
Then follow this KB on Linux section to install VMware Tools Installing VMware Tools manually from the ISO image (1003910) | VMware KB
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