VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine’s guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine by Workstation.
The Tools settings panel lets you specify whether you want to automatically update VMware Tools on Windows and Linux guest systems when a new version becomes available. New versions become available when you install a new version of Workstation on the host machine.
Automatic upgrades work for versions of VMware Tools included in Workstation 5.5 and above (build 29772 and above). After the upgrade is complete, if you are logged in to the guest, a restart prompt appears for 30 seconds. If you are not logged in, the operating system restarts without prompting.
If you specify Do nothing, you will need to update VMware Tools manually. In this case, the status bar displays a message when a new version is available, and to install the update, use the same procedure that you used for installing VMware Tools the first time. For the platform-specific installation instructions, see the
VMware Workstation User’s Manual.
