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Can we use the VMware Tools for ESX Server? I guess
the Workstation tools require X11 and I'm having some
ideas about a server appliance.
The Tools from the various products are mostly the same -- obviously when new functionality is added to the Tools it will show up first in one product or another, and certain Tools features only work in certain products. But the Tools package itself is intended to be product-agnostic, so that you can install Tools in a VM and then move that VM freely between products and have everything pretty much "just work". There are always some corner cases, but that's the basic idea.
It's certainly not the case that the Workstation Tools require X11. There are different components, but vmware-guestd (the Tools daemon) definitely runs without X11, and a variety of drivers that come with the Tools also have nothing to do with X.
In any event, you are free to use the VMware Tools from any product that you want.