install VMware Tools in Solaris

this article give you detail steps about how to install VMware Tools in Solaris 10.

1．              in VM menu, select “install VMware Tools”

2．              if CD-ROM not mounted, restart the volume manager

/etc/init.d/volmgt stop
/etc/init.d/volmgt start

3．              extract VMware Tools

cp vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz /tmp

cd /tmp
gunzip -c /cdrom/vmwaretools/vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz | tar xf -

4．              Run VMware Tools installer

./vmware-install.pl

5．              Answer the questions about default directorie

6．              Run the configuration program

vmware-config-tools.pl

number that corresponds to the desired resolution

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