This module manages the installation of the VMware Operating System Specific Packages for VMware tools.
Actions:
- Removes old VMwareTools package or runs vmware-uninstall-tools.pl if found.
- Installs a vmware YUM repository, if needed.
- Installs the OSP or open vmware tools.
- Starts the vmware-tools service.
Class documentation is available via puppetdoc.
$vmwaretools_esx_version = '4.1latest'
include vmware-tools
- Only tested on CentOS 5.5 and CentOS 6.2.
- Does not yet work with version 5.0 OSP tools.
- Does not install Desktop (X Window) components.
- Support installation of Desktop packages.
Copyright (C) 2011 Mike Arnold mike@razorsedge.org