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Chapter 5 Installing and Using VMware Tools
TheVirtualMachineCommunicationInterface(VMCI)driverforcreating
client‐serverapplicationsthatareoptimizedforfastandefficientcommunication
betweenvirtualmachines.
AparavirtualSCSIdriverforPVSCSIadapters,whichenhancetheperformanceof
somevirtualizedapplications.
VMware User Process
TheprogramfileiscalledVMwareUser.exeonWindowsguestsandvmware-useron
Linux,Solaris,andFreeBSDguests.OnNetWareguests,thevmwtoolprogramis
installedinsteadofvmware-user.
TheVMwareuserprocessperformsthefollowingtaskswithintheguestoperating
system:
Letsyoucopyandpastetextandfilesbetweenhostoperatingsystemsand
Windows,Linux,Solaris,andFreeBSDguestoperatingsystems.
LetsyoudraganddropfilesbetweenhostoperatingsystemsandWindows,Linux,
Solaris,andFreeBSDguestoperatingsystems.
LetsyouusetheUnityfeaturewithWindowsandLinuxguests.
OnLinux,Solaris,andFreeBSDguests,grabsandreleasesthemousecursorwhen
theSVGAdriverisnotinstalled.
OnLinux,Solaris,andFreeBSDguests,matchestheguest’sscreenresolutiontothe
host’s.
ThisprocessstartswhenyoubeginanX11session.Touseadifferentmechanismto
starttheprocess,see“StarttheVMwareUserProcessManuallyIfYouDoNotUsea
SessionManager”onpage 114.
OnNetWareoperatingsys
tems,thevmwtoolprogramcontrolsthegrabbingand
releasingofthemousecursor.Italsoletsyoucopyandpastetext.Youcannotdragand
droporcopyandpastefilesbetweenhostsandNetWareguestoperatingsystems.
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