Restart VMware Tools service in all LINUX platform.

[MrVmware9423]

Dear Team,

PLease help me with the command to restart VMware Tool Service in all Linux Platform (RedHat/SUSE/Ubuntu etc) and where it actually get installed, the fodler where it get installed.

Regards

Mr VMware.

[sa2057 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Use the command as follows:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools stop
$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools restart

Hope this helps.

Thanks

SA

[zXi_Gamer]

The commands given by sa2057 is more helpful. Also, in most of the linux platforms, vmware tools gets installed in /opt/vmware/bin

[MrVmware9423]

please help me in which folder all these services are getting stored.

regards

Mr VMware.

[sa2057]

/etc/init.d/vmware-tools

Thanks

SA

[netvope]

I would like to add that on Ubuntu 12.04, /etc/init.d/vmware-tools does not exist but the following command works:

/etc/vmware-tools/services.sh restart

[MrVmware9423]

********************Answer***********************

if we logged in as root then run following commands to check or start, restart or stop vmware tools  services....

/etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
/etc/init.d/vmware-tools stop
/etc/init.d/vmware-tools restart

/etc/init.d/vmware-tools status

if we have not loggedin as root then run the following commands

$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools stop
$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools restart

$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools status

********************Answer***********************

regards

MrVMware

[CitizenPips]

Yes, Well done, This worked for me too.

Here is what I used for the VMware Tools upgrade

  from 10.2.5.3619 build-8068406

    to 10.3.10     build-12406962

date ; vmware-toolbox-cmd -v

date ; ps -ef | egrep -v egrep | egrep -i vmware

date ; cd /etc/vmware-tools/ ; pwd ; ls -lrt | egrep -i services.sh ;

date ; cd /etc/vmware-tools/ ; pwd ; ls -lrt | egrep -i services.sh ; cat -n services.sh

date ; /etc/vmware-tools/services.sh status

--- date ; /etc/vmware-tools/services.sh restart

date ; /etc/vmware-tools/services.sh stop

--- date ; /etc/vmware-tools/services.sh start

date ; cd /tmp/vmwaretools/vmtools_linux/vmware-tools-distrib/ ; pwd ; ls -lrt | egrep -i vmware-install.pl

./vmware-install.pl

date ; cd /var/log ; pwd ; ls -lrt | egrep -i vmware-install.log        ; cat -n vmware-install.log

date ; vmware-toolbox-cmd -v

--- date ; uptime ; reboot