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There are multiple options how to install VMware tools on FreeBSD but I personally use Open VM Tools native FreeBSD package as using Open VM Tools is actually the latest VMware's recommendation for unix like systems which is the case of FreeBSD. The reason why I use Open VM Tools instead of VMtools delivered by VMware on ESXi hosts or VMware download site is that I can use default FreeBSD package management system (pkg) for simple deployment. It is fast, convenient and fully integrated with standard operating system update and upgrade procedures.
As you can see below, the installation on FreeBSD 10.x and above is very straight forward. Essentially, the single command and 5 lines in FreeBSD system config file.
# You have to switch to administrator account (root)
su -l root
# and install Open VM Tools by FreeBSD package manager
pkg install open-vm-tools-nox11
To run the Open Virtual Machine tools at startup, you must add the following settings to your /etc/rc.conf
vmware_guest_vmblock_enable='YES'
vmware_guest_vmhgfs_enable='NO'
vmware_guest_vmmemctl_enable='YES'
vmware_guest_vmxnet_enable='YES'
vmware_guestd_enable='YES'
Easy, right?
And just for your information, Open VM tools is set of four kernel modules (vmemctl, vmxnet, vmblock, vmhgfs) and one daemon (guestd).
vmemctl is driver for memory ballooning
vmxnet is paravirtualized network driver
vmhgfs is the driver that allows the shared files feature of VMware Workstation and other products that use it. This is not optimal to use on server therefore we do not enable it.
vmblock is block filesystem driver to provide drag-and-drop functionality from the remote console.
VMware Guest Daemon (guestd) is the daemon for controlling communication between the guest and the host including time synchronization.
On Windows and Supported Linux Distributions exists other VMtools modules/drives but those are not supported on FreeBSD. For further information about all VMtools components look at
