VMware Tools already collects some data from VMs, but it is not sufficient. This plug-in provides fabric admins with more information to better manage VMs at large scale. The Service Discovery plugin connects with the vRealize Operations Manager product. This plugin is installed by default as a part of ‘VMware Tools’ installation inside the Virtual Machine. The appinfo plugin collects information about applications running inside the guest and publishes that information to the management layers.

For virtual machines hosted in a vSphere environment, you can view additional information about memory and CPU reservations and limits. You can view information about host time and CPU speed.

Retrieving Status Information About the Virtual Machine.

You can associate custom scripts with power operations. You can connect and disconnect removable devices such as floppy drives, DVD/CD-ROM drives, ISO images, USB devices, sound adapters, and network adapters. To completely disable time synchronization, you must set some properties in the virtual machine configuration file. When you enable periodic time synchronization, VMware Tools sets the time of the guest operating system to be the same as the time of the host.Ī virtual machine occasionally synchronizes time with the host even if you do not turn on periodic time synchronization.

Configuring Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host Operating Systems.

The VMware Tools configuration utility is included in the following VMware products:

Use the utility's help command to display complete usage information and syntax. VMware Tools Configuration Utilities for Guest Operating Systems Guest Operating Systemīecause the VMware Tools installer does not modify any PATH environment variables on Mac OS X operating systems, you must type. The name of this program depends on the guest operating system. The VMware Tools configuration utility provides a command-line interface for functionality that was previously available only in the VMware Tools control panel. The VMware Tools configuration utility is a command-line interface that you can use in the guest operating system to modify VMware Tools settings, shrink virtual disks, and connect and disconnect virtual devices.

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