vCenter Shows VMware Tools Disabled

[Carlos201110141]

I have a few vm's on a host which show vmware tools installed but not running on Linux vm's. I don't have the ability to restart the vm's guest OS and was wondering if there's a way to start the daemon for vmware tools considering it's installed.

1. How do I enable vmware tools on Linux guest vm's?

2. How do I force vmware tools service to start upon boot?

Thanks for any support!

[Borja_Mari]

Hello,

check this vmware's kb:

VMware KB: VMware Tools init script is missing from the /etc/init.d directory on Linux virtual machi...

To check the vmware tools status run (as root user):

/etc/init.d/vmware-tools status

To start vmware tools status run (as root user):

/etc/init.d/vmware-tools start

Best regards,

Pablo