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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>you can do am <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>yum install open-vm-tools<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It do the same and is included in the automated updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Yes vmware tools are very useful to have more control from esxi/vcenter like shutdown (not only power down)/reboot and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dirk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray'><br><br> <br>blackpoint GmbH – Friedberger Straße 106b – 61118 Bad Vilbel <br><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Von:</b> Blueonyx <blueonyx-bounces@mail.blueonyx.it> <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Chuck Tetlow<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Samstag, 11. Juli 2020 22:15<br><b>An:</b> BlueOnyx Mail List <blueonyx@blueonyx.it><br><b>Betreff:</b> [BlueOnyx:24091] VMware Tools on BlueOnyx<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi BX experts,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I finally got my hands on some new hardware, with a good deal on a hi-end server. I've loaded it with VMware ESXi and have my BlueOnyx server up and running on that. But I'm having some problems getting the VMware Tools to load onto BX.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So before I put in a lot of time & effort - I'm wondering if its worth it? Has anyone successfully loaded the VMware Tools onto BlueOnyx? And was there any significant benefits from the tools?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I've got to wrap up the final networking configurations, BlueOnyx set up, and buy some software for the server - so I can start migrating websites off my old box to this one. So lots of work still to do - and I don't know if spending time on the VMware Tools is worth the effort.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks guys.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chuck <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>