2 VMTools Secrets your mother never told you about!
These are pretty common asks amongst operators of ESXi – ‘Which VMtools version came with my ESXi Host’ and ‘Where can I view and download all the VMTools directly?’ The answers are below and the outputs aren’t pretty but they sure are useful!
1st – Check out the URL below to see all the ESXi Host build to released versions.
https://packages.vmware.com/tools/versions
2nd – Where can I view and download all the VMTools directly
https://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html
Finally, if you read this far then you are in luck here is the best tip — Watch this video and you’ll know more about VMtools than your mom :)
http://vmware.mediasite.com/mediasite/Play/6d33be3f5da840a19ec1997e220aedfe1d
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