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Respond to the configuration questions on the screen.

If there is a tar file, enter the following commands:.

Rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-XXX-nnnnnn.x86_64.rpm

If you have an rpm enter the following command:.

Where is the device name reported in step 4.Р”В®nter one of the following commands depending on whether VMware Tools is supplied on the virtual CD as an RPM, or a tar file.

Issue the following commands (change the XXX-nnnnnnin the RPM or tar file name below to the version presented by your VMware product):.

To determine the device name/drive name for the currently installed and connected CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs, issue the following command:Р”В¬at /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info | grep 'drive name'.

This makes a virtual CD device available to the virtual machine.

From VMware Infrastructure Client, right click the virtual machine in the left pane.

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For full information, see the documentation available on the VMware Support site:

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The following procedure describes how to install VMware Tools.

When you have installed the BMC Atrium Discovery Virtual Appliance, you must always install VMware Tools. VMware Tools is required but is not installed on the shipped BMC Atrium Discovery Virtual Appliance, as the correct version of the tools is dependent on the version of the VMware host. It is important to consider the following steps after installing. To convert, enter the following at a command prompt: However, you can convert the OVF file using the OVF converter in order to import it. VMware Workstation version 7 and earlier and VMware Player version 3 and earlier do not directly support appliances generated by their current tools. Some older versions of VMware tools do not natively support Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6. VMware Player 4.x can fail to build VMware Tools with the latest revision of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6. When imported, the virtual machine appears in the virtual machine library.VMware Player imports the virtual machine. In VMware Player, from the File menu, select Open.To install the Virtual Appliance on VMware Player 5.0.3. An error message 'Invalid option t' is displayed.

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You cannot install or run an OVF virtual machine in Windows by double-clicking it. VMware Workstation imports the virtual machine and the virtual machine is displayed in the virtual machine library.

Enter a name for the virtual machine and click Import.

Enter the file name of the BMC Atrium Discovery OVF file into the Filename dialog box, or click select OVF as the file type and click Browse.

In VMware Workstation, from the File menu, select Open.

To install the Virtual Appliance on VMware Workstation 6 or 8. For information about recommended capacity, see the Hardware requirements.

Choose the disk capacity and other options.

Optionally you can now add additional disk storage which can be managed with the disk configuration utility.

Select DVD/CD-ROM Drive and click Next.

Review the configuration and click Finish to proceed.Р”Р„ progress bar is displayed while the virtual machine is deployed.

The default is thick which pre-allocates all disk space.

Choose datastore location for the virtual machine.

Provide a name for the virtual machine.

Enter the file name of the BMC Atrium Discovery OVF file into the Filename dialog box, or click Browse.

The wizard guides you through the rest of the process described here.

In VMware Virtual Infrastructure, from the File menu, select Deploy OVF Template.

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Copy and extract the BMC Atrium Discovery Virtual Appliance zip file to the local file system.

For full information, see the VMware documentation. The major steps in this procedure are outlined below. Do this before starting the virtual machine. You must add a CD-ROM drive to the virtual machine before you can install VMware tools.

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