VMware ESXi host can be configured to access VMware Tools ISO images from /locker partition (available in case of full installed node) or from a datastore.

Updated on: 15 FEB 2018 VMware Tools 18 MAY 2017 Build 5541682 Check for additions and updates to these release notes. What's in the Release Notes The release notes cover the following topics: • • • • • • • • What's New 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. • VMware Tools support for guest operating systems in 10.1.7 • windows.iso supports Windows Vista and later. • linux.iso supports Linux guest operating systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and later, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and later, Ubuntu 10.04 and later. It also supports other distributions with glibc versions 2.5 and later. • darwin.iso supports Mac OS X versions 10.11 and later.

• freebsd.iso supports FreeBSD versions. • solaris.iso supports Solaris versions. • Drivers and Certifications: VMXNET3 driver is updated. • Resolved Issues: This release of VMware Tools 10.1.7 addresses issues that have been documented in the section.

Earlier Releases of VMware Tools • • For earlier releases of VMware Tools 10.0.0, see the VMware Tools page. Before You Begin VMware Tools ISO images for a few end of life guest operating systems are frozen. Some ISO images are not shipped with ESXi in the tools-light VIB. For more details, see the VMware Tools page. All VMware Tools ISO images are available for download from.

VMware Tools for Windows are available for download in 32-bit and 64-bit installer executable (.exe) files. These files are provided for easier access and installation of VMware Tools in Windows guest operating systems.

Version VMRAWDISK.SYS 1.1.0.1 VMMEMCTL.SYS 7.4.1.1 VMHGFS.SYS 11.0.14.2 - For operating systems Windows Vista and later VSEPFLT.SYS 10.1.0.0 VNETFLT.SYS 10.1.0.0 - For Kernel-Mode Code Signing VNETWFP.SYS 10.1.0.0 Resolved Issues • Receive Side Scaling is not functional for VMXNET3 on Windows 8 and Windows 2012 Server or later This issue is caused by an update for the VMXNET3 driver that addressed RSS features added in NDIS version 6.30 rendering the functionality unusable. It is observed in VMXNET3 driver versions from 1.6.6.0 to 1.7.3.0. The issue affects Windows guest operating systems with VMware Tools 9.4.15 and later. This issue is resolved in this release.

Known Issues from Earlier Releases To view a list of known issues applicable from earlier releases, click. • VMware Tools 10.1.0 is not compatible with VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.1.1 or earlier Upgrading VMware Tools to 10.1.0 on a virtual machine managed by VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.1.1 or earlier breaks the VMware Site Recovery Manager workflows. VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.1.2 and 6.5 versions are compatible with VMware Tools 10.1.0. Workaround: Upgrade VMware Site Recovery Manager to version 6.1.2 or 6.5 before installing or upgrading VMware Tools to version 10.1.0. If a virtual machine is being managed by VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.1.1 or earlier, avoid installing or upgrading VMware Tools to version 10.1.0. This compatibility requirement is also applicable to open-vm-tools 10.1.0 packaged by various Linux distributions.