Configuring Open VM Tools support

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Configure Open VM Tools support for more seamless virtual appliance monitoring, administration, and management experience with VMware products.

About this task

You must enable Open VM Tools support in the local management interface before you can use the feature. If you enable Open VM Tools support, you enable the following features in VMware products:
  • Shut down and restart the virtual appliance gracefully from the hypervisor console.
  • Synchronized clocks between the virtual appliance and the VMware ESXi server.
  • Support for VMware statistics with the vmware support command.

Procedure

  1. Go to Manage > System Settings > Advanced Tuning Parameters.
  2. Perform one of the following tasks:
    If you want to Do
    Enable Open VM Tools support Set vmtoolsd.enabled to true.
    Disable Open VM Tools support Set vmtoolsd.enabled to false.
    Note: For more information about other tuning parameters for Open VM Tools, see Advanced tuning parameters for the virtual appliance.
  3. Reload the page.
  4. Apply the changes to the system.