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The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) are the open source
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implementation of VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating
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system virtualization components that enhance performance and user
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experience of virtual machines. As virtualization technology rapidly
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becomes mainstream, each virtualization solution provider implements
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their own set of tools and utilities to supplement the guest virtual
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machine. However, most of the implementations are proprietary and are
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tied to a specific virtualization platform.
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The tools are currently composed of kernel modules for Linux and
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user-space programs for all VMware supported Unix-like guest operating
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systems. They provide several useful functions like:
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* File transfer between a host and guest
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* Improved memory management and network performance under
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virtualization
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* General mechanisms and protocols for communication between host
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and guests and from guest to guest
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