enhancements:
- Simple command-line tools to interface with VMware host
- Guest OS scripts that can be triggered by the VMware host
- Startup script
When compiled with X11 support (the default), this release also provides:
- GTK+-based GUI to configure time sync, device connections, and scripts
- Helper application to interface with the xf86-video-vmware driver,
enabling dynamic screen resize
Packages Collection.
The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) are the open source
implementation of VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating
system virtualization components that enhance performance and user
experience of virtual machines. As virtualization technology rapidly
becomes mainstream, each virtualization solution provider implements
their own set of tools and utilities to supplement the guest virtual
machine. However, most of the implementations are proprietary and are
tied to a specific virtualization platform.
The tools are currently composed of kernel modules for Linux and
user-space programs for all VMware supported Unix-like guest operating
systems. They provide several useful functions like:
* File transfer between a host and guest
* Improved memory management and network performance under
virtualization
* General mechanisms and protocols for communication between host
and guests and from guest to guest
