May 07, 2016 Hello, I recently installed Mac OS X Leopard on VMware. The download did not include a Darwin.iso for VMware Tools. I downloaded a copy from a website, and after running, I get the error: 'The following install step failed: run postupgrade script for files.' Does anyone have a download link for a Darwin.iso that works with Leopard? VMware Tools installer from darwin.iso does not proceed with installation on MAC OS X guest operating systems versions earlier than 10.11. The installation procedure varies, depending on the operating system. For information about installing or upgrading VMware Tools on your guest operating systems. Darwin.iso supports Mac OS X versions 10.11 and later. For details on linux.iso, refer to VMware Tools 10.3.21 Release Notes. For details on solaris.iso, refer to VMware Tools 10.3.10 Release Notes. VMware Tools ISO images are frozen for some end of life guest operating systems. Some ISO images are not included with ESXi in the tools-light VIB. Index of /45848/tools/esx/latest Name Last modified Size Parent Directory 01-Jan-1970 00:00 - README 10-Nov-2020 03:52 1k repos 31-Jul-2020 04:34 - rhel5 31-Jul-2020. Select Version: 5.0.3: Notes: Fusion Licensing Use this link to download VMware Fusion 5 or VMware Fusion 5 Professional. VMware Fusion 5 Professional features will be activated by your Fusion 5 Professional license key.
- Vmware Tools Darwin.iso 5.0.3 Version
- Vmware Tools Darwin.iso 5.0.3 Pc
- Vmware Tools Darwin.iso 5.0.3 Mac
After publishing my recent article on automating the silent installation of VMware Tools for Linux guestOSes, I received a similar question regarding Mac OS X guests and whether the existing script would also apply. The answer is no since Mac OS X packages differ from the Linux installres, but it is possible to automate the installation of VMware Tools for Mac OS X guests.
After quickly looking into this, I realized there are actually several options that are available to customers and it would depend on how you would like to install VMware Tools and what platform you are running your Mac OS X guests on. I will share a couple of options which also includes existing solutions that have already been developed. At the end of the day, the choice will ultimately be up to the administrator on how he/she would like to proceed.
Option 1 - If you are a vSphere/ESXi customer running Mac OS X, you will probably want to mount the VMware Tools installer and then initiate an installation within the Guest. You can actually perform the entire operation within a single context by leveraging our vSphere API to issue the VMware Tools installer and then using the Guest Operations API to perform the installation.
Option 2 - Similar to the above option, if you do not wish to use the vSphere API, you can simply copy the darwin.iso (VMware Tools) image onto your Mac OS X guests and then perform the automated install. This would be the most simplistic option and would apply to running Mac OS X guests on either vSphere/ESXi or Fusion.
Vmware Tools Darwin.iso 5.0.3 Version
Vmware Tools Darwin.iso 5.0.3 Pc
Option 3 - You can also download VMware Tools using VMware's online repository (thanks to Rich Trouton for sharing this tidbit) and then performing the installation which is very similar to Option 2. The only downside is if you are running Mac OS X on vSphere/ESXi, the status of VMware Tools will show 'unsupported' as the version will differ from version distributed with vSphere/ESXi. In fact, Rich Trouton has an existing solution that he has published here which you can read more about.
If you are already familiar with using the vSphere API and are using vSphere/ESXi, I personally would go with Option 1 just because you can stay within a single context from an automation standpoint and not have to jump between different interfaces. If you not comfortable, want a quick solution or running just Fusion, then Option 2 and 3 would be ideal. Below is an example Gist demonstrating a simple shell script which implements Option 2 and Option 3 with a slight twist from what Rich has done which does not require Git.
Here's an example of running the script using Option 2:
I am sure there are probably other methods out there, but the great news is that it is indeed possible to automate VMware Tools for Mac OS X guests ?
Vmware Tools Darwin.iso 5.0.3 Mac
#!/bin/bash |
# 1 = VMware Tools ISO is mounted from vSphere |
# 2 = Download VMware Tools (assumes you can connect to internet) |
INSTALL_METHOD=2 |
# Thanks to Rich Trouton for tip on Tools being available online |
VMWARE_TOOLS_DOWNLOAD_URL=http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/7.1.2/2779224/packages/com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip.tar |
# DO NOT MODIFY BEYOND HERE # |
VMWARE_TOOLS_INSTALLER_DIR='/Volumes/VMware Tools/Install VMware Tools.app/Contents/Resources' |
VMWARE_TOOLS_INSTALLER_FILE='VMware Tools.pkg' |
if [ $EUID-ne 0 ];then |
echo'Please run the script with sudo ...' |
exit 1 |
fi |
if [ ${INSTALL_METHOD}'1' ];then |
if [ -d'${VMWARE_TOOLS_INSTALLER_DIR}' ];then |
/usr/sbin/installer -pkg '${VMWARE_TOOLS_INSTALLER_DIR}/${VMWARE_TOOLS_INSTALLER_FILE}' -target / |
echo'Please reboot the system for the installation to complete ...' |
fi |
elif [ ${INSTALL_METHOD}'2' ];then |
TMP_DIR=/tmp/osx-vmware-tools |
mkdir -p '${TMP_DIR}' |
VMWARE_TOOLS_TAR_FILE=com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip.tar |
VMWARE_TOOLS_ZIP_FILE=com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip |
VMWARE_TOOLS_ISO_FILE='payload/darwin.iso' |
cd${TMP_DIR} |
# Download VMware Tools from online repo |
curl -O '${VMWARE_TOOLS_DOWNLOAD_URL}' |
# Extract the VMware Tools tar file |
tar -xf '${VMWARE_TOOLS_TAR_FILE}' |
# Unzip the VMware Tools zip file |
unzip '${VMWARE_TOOLS_ZIP_FILE}' |
# Mount VMware Tools ISO (similiar to vSphere/ESXi) |
hdiutil attach '${VMWARE_TOOLS_ISO_FILE}' |
# Perform installation |
/usr/sbin/installer -pkg '${VMWARE_TOOLS_INSTALLER_DIR}/${VMWARE_TOOLS_INSTALLER_FILE}' -target / |
# Detach mount & clean up |
hdiutil detach '/Volumes/VMware Tools' |
rm -rf '${TMP_DIR}' |
echo'Please reboot the system for the installation to complete ...' |
else |
echo'Invalid Selection' |
fi |