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ARamsey
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‎03-26-2015 02:13 PM

Need help with finding the vmware tools tar.gz package for Linux guest.

I have an engineer who has a Zix application Linux guest that has to install VMware via the tar.gz package.  Cannot find it anywhere.

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weinstein5
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‎03-27-2015 12:03 PM

This might help you out - https://communities.vmware.com/content?sortKey=all~recentActivityDateDesc&sortOrder=0&start=225 or https://pario.no/2012/04/26/manual-download-and-install-of-vmware-tools-in-linux/

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ARamsey
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‎03-27-2015 12:30 PM

It shows me how to do itwhich I know. I am trying to download the filecannot find it. Thank you for trying to help.

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BenLiebowitz
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‎03-27-2015 12:52 PM

This may help.  It's where VUM downloads the versions of VM Tools to install on the VMs. 

Index of /45848/tools/esx

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ARamsey
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‎03-27-2015 01:10 PM

Thanks Ben. I forwarded the like to the Linux engineer. I'll see if this will help them.

Enjoy your weekend!

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BenLiebowitz
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‎03-27-2015 01:14 PM

You're welcome.  I hope it helps. 

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