The Open-VM-Tools are included in many linux distributions and can be installed in the respective package manager. VMWare recommends to use Open-VM-Tools only were it is supported.

Here you can find all supported guest operating systems in the VMWare compatibility matrix.

By following the following steps, all CentOS Versions that support the Open-VM-Tools with a ESXi Version will be shown.

You have to enter some information in this matrix:

• Product name is: ESXi
• Product Version: ESXi 6.7
• The keywort is the used guest operating system's name. For example: CentOS
• Choose open-vm-tools in the field VMWare Tools

Finally, click now on "show results" to show the results.

For CentOS

For Debian

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