Verify that open-vm-tools are running # systemctl status rvice.

Enable and start the open-vm-tools service.

# cat > /etc/systemd/system/rvice << EOFĭescription=Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware The file is required to run vmtoolsd as service with systemd.

Clone VMware's official open-vm-tools repository from GitHub.

# apt install -y git automake make gobjc++ libtool pkg-config libmspack-dev libglib2.0-dev libpam0g-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxinerama-dev libxi-dev libxrender-dev libxrandr-dev libxtst-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev

Install tools and libraries that are required to build open-vm-tools.

Open a Terminal or connect with SSH to your Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (arm64) installed as a Virtual Machine on ESXi-Arm Fling. This article explains how to compile open-vm-tools for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS arm64. Unfortunately, a compiled version of open-vm-tools for arm64 is not available for many common Guest Operating Systems, so you have to compile them from VMwares Repository at GitHub. As of 22 October 2020, the most recent long-term support release is 20.04 ('Focal Fossa'), which is supported until 2025 under public support Ubuntu is released every six months, with long-term support (LTS) releases every two years. It is officially released in three editions: Desktop, Server, and Core. Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Debian.

With the recently released ESXi Arm Edition Fling, you want to make sure that you have them installed. They are essential when running VMs on ESXi. VMware Tools is a set of utilities and drivers that improve the performance and management of your Virtual Machines.

Vmware horizon client for ubuntu 20.04