Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Solaris Virtual Machine
<wbr><br> 1.On the host, from the Workstation menu bar, select VM > Install VMware Tools.<br> If an earlier version of VMware Tools is installed, the menu item is Update VMware Tools.</wbr>
2.In the virtual machine, log in to the guest operating system as root and open a terminal window.
<wbr><br> 3.(optional)If the Solaris volume manager does not mount the CD-ROM under /cdrom/vmwaretools, restart the volume manager.<br> /etc/init.d/volmgt stop<br> /etc/init.d/volmgt start<br><wbr><br> 4.Change to a working directory (for example, /tmp).<br> cd /tmp</wbr></wbr>
<wbr><br> 5.Extract VMware Tools.<br> gunzip -c /cdrom/vmwaretools/vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz | tar xf -</wbr>
<wbr><br> 7.Run the installer and configure VMware Tools.<br> cd vmware-tools-distrib<br> ./vmware-install.pl<br></wbr>