Workstation User’s Manual
102 VMware, Inc.
VMware Tools Service
Theprogramfileiscalledvmtoolsd.exeonWindowsguestoperatingsystemsand
vmtoolsdonLinux,FreeBSD,andSolarisguests.
Thisservicestartswhentheguestoperatingsystembootsandperformsvariousduties
withintheguestoperatingsystem:
Passesmessagesfromthehostoperatingsystemtotheguestoperatingsystem.
Executescommandsintheoperatingsystemtocleanlyshutdownorrestarta
Linux,FreeBSD,orSolarissystemwhenyouselectpoweroperationsin
Workstation.
OnWindowsguests,allowsthemousecursortomovefreelybetweentheguest
andhostoperatingsystems.
OnWindowsguests,matchestheguest’sscreenresolutiontothehost’sscreen
resolutionandthereverse.
Synchronizesthetimeintheguestoperatingsystemwiththetimeinthehost
operatingsystem.
Runsscriptsthathelpautomateguestoperatingsystemoperations.Thescriptsrun
whenthevirtualmachine’spowerstatechanges.
TheVMwareToolsserviceisnotinstalledonNetWareoperatingsystems.Instead,the
vmwtoolprogramisinstalled.ItsynchronizestimeandallowsyoutoturntheCPU
idleronoroff.
VMware Device Drivers
Thesedevicedriversinclude:
SVGAdisplaydriverthatprovideshighdisplayresolutionandsignificantlyfaster
overallgraphicsperformance.
Anaudiodriverthatisrequiredforall64‐bitWindowsguestsand32‐bitWindows
Server2003,WindowsServer2008,WindowsVista,andWindows7guests.
VMXNetnetworkingdriversforsomeguestoperatingsystems.
BusLogicSCSIdriverforsomeguestoperatingsystems.
VMwaremousedriver.
Akernelmoduleforhandlingsharedfolders,calledhgfs.sysonWindowsand
.vmhgfsonLinuxandSolaris.
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