The VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine’s guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine.

This post describes one way of installing the VMware tools for ESX(i) 5.1 on a RHEL5 virtual machine.

Configure the VMware repository

# wget http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-DSA-KEY.pub
# wget http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub

# rpm --import /root/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-DSA-KEY.pub
# rpm --import /root/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub

# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/vmware-tools.repo
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[vmware-tools]
name=VMware Tools
baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.1/rhel5/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
------------------------------ cut here ------------------------------

Install the software

# yum install vmware-tools-esx-kmods vmware-tools-esx

Disable time synchronization

Refer to the VMware KB Timekeeping best practices for Linux guests article.

# rehash
# vmware-toolbox-cmd timesync disable
# vmware-toolbox-cmd timesync status

Modify the NTP configuration file

# vi /etc/ntp.conf
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tinker panic 0
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# service ntpd restart

Note: The directive tinker panic 0 must be at the top of the ntp.conf file.

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