Installing Vmware Tools On Oracle Solaris 11

I haven’t used the Vmware Sphere before, But for people using Vmware Workstation/Player or Vmware Fusion, I think this should be helpful in installing Vmware Tools on Solaris 11.

When you finished installing your Solaris, And wanted to install the Vmware Tools, You go to the menu — VM > Install Vmware Tools Installation.

But you will notice when you open This Computer, It might not be mounted over there.

Mounting The Vmware Tools On Restarting The Volume Manager

Once you already click on Install Vmware Tools, The next thing is open your terminal, Click On Launch > Applications > Utilities > Terminal

Then from the terminal just write:

# bash

This change the default shell from sh to bash, And if you feel like you’re more comfortable using sh shell, it’s fine then.

Now in your shell.

bash-3.2# /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
bash-3.2# /etc/init.d/volmgt start

After that, the Vmware Tools should be mounted.

Then create a new directory in tmp or anywhere, based on your skills.

bash-3.2# mkdir -p /tmp/vmware
bash-3.2# cp /cdrom/vmwaretools/vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz /tmp/vmware
bash-3.2# cd /tmp/vmware
bash-3.2# gunzip vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz
bash-3.2# tar xvf vmware-solaris-tools.tar
bash-3.2# cd vmware-tools-distrib
bash-3.2# ./vmware-install.pl

Then you should be at the installer, Keep pressing Enter or modify it with Yes/No for your choice.

Adding The Vmware To Startup

Add the vmware toolbox to the startup program,
Click on Launch > Desktop Preferences > Sessions > Startup Programs

Then click on Add, And add the following first.

/usr/bin/vmware-user

Then click on add again, And add.

/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox

That’s all.