No restart option on virtual machine

[jprovine7]

I am vCenter 6.5 and I just created a new virtual server but it does not give me the option to shutdown or restart the guest OS

[sjesse]

Install vmware tools

[jprovine7]

Where do get the vmware tools for red hat linux 6

[daphnissov]

Install open-vm-tools from your public yum repo.

[jprovine7]

I have never done anything on redhat linux before, but I have some ubuntu . I go this from support is it relavent VMware Knowledge Base

[daphnissov]

That is a really old KB that is no longer applicable to modern ESXi versions.

[jprovine7]

So support is giving me outdated information, thats sad

[sjesse]

VMware Knowledge Base

Look at this one.

[sjesse]

I don't see an easy explanation in any vmware document,its as simple as

yum install open-vm-tools

For ubuntu should be

apt-get install open-vm-tools

[jprovine7]

that is exactly what I need  and that is done at the root right logged in as root

[jprovine7]

Okay I ran the yum install open-vm-tools and it gave me a could not resolve host name. I pinged the host and it was pingable amd I missing something

[jprovine7]

[root@localhost ~]# yum install open-vm-tools

Setting up Install Process

http://centos.omnispring.com/5/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 6 - "Couldn't resolve host 'centos.omnispring.com'"

Trying other mirror.

Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: base. Please verify its path and try again

[daphnissov]

You have a DNS resolution problem. Ensure you have DNS hosts added to /etc/resolv.conf. Google for more info.

[jprovine7]

That was the first thing I did and they are correct

[daphnissov]

That repo is no longer active, it turns out. You'll need to configure more modern yum repos in this system.

[jprovine7]

LOL well since I barely know ubuntu and this is my first time on linux and its a vendor install, I don't really know how to do that. Is there anyway to download what  need, as well as figure out what I need and install it from a mounted CD?

[sjesse]

You need to try and research this part on your own, if your going to use centos, you should understand it. This has nothing to do with vmware, but here is a couple of references to read.

AdditionalResources/Repositories - CentOS Wiki

Top 5 Yum Repositories For CentOS/RHEL 7/6/5 - TecAdmin

[jprovine7]

I have been researching and thanks for the links,