VMware Tools is supported on all Solaris guest operating systems that VMware Player supports.

Prerequisites

The virtual machine must be powered on and the guest operating system must be running.

Procedure

On the host, select VM > Install VMware Tools.

If an earlier version of VMware Tools is installed, the menu item is Update VMware Tools. If the current version is already installed, the menu item is Reinstall VMware Tools.

On the guest, log in as root.

If necessary, mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image.

Usually, the vold Solaris volume manager mounts the CD-ROM under /cdrom/vmwaretools. If the CD-ROM is not mounted, restart the volume manager.

/etc/init.d/volmgt stop
/etc/init.d/volmgt start

After the CD-ROM is mounted, change to a working directory (for example, /tmp) and extract VMware Tools.

cd /tmp
gunzip -c /cdrom/vmwaretools/vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz | tar xf -

Run the VMware Tools tar installer.

cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

Respond to the configuration prompts and press Enter to accept the default value.

Log out of the root account.

exit

(Optional) Start your graphical environment.

In an X terminal, start the VMware User process.

vmware-user