The appInfo plug-in collects the information about running applications inside the guest and publishes the information to a guest variable. For each application running inside the guest, the name and version information is captured and published by the plug-in. This application information is collected by default.

Procedure

  1. Retrieving the data: The data collected by appInfo plug-in is retrieved as follows:
    • From inside the guest
      Linux guest
      • vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestnfo.appInfo"
      • vmware-rpctool "info-get guestinfo.appInfo"
      Windows guest
      • rpctool.exe "info-get guestinfo.appInfo"
  2. Changing the poll-interval: The appInfo plug-in captures the information in every 30 minutes by default.
    Note: The default value is changed to '6 hours' in VMware Tools 11.1.0.
    Guest admin can configure this poll-interval at anytime as follows:
    • Linux

      vmware-toolbox-cmd config set appinfo poll-interval <new value in seconds>

    • Windows

      VMwareToolboxCmd.exe config set appinfo poll-interval <new value in seconds>

  3. Disabling the appInfo plugin: Guest admin can disable the appInfo plug-in as follows:
    • Linux guest

      vmware-toolbox-cmd config set appinfo disabled true or

      vmware-toolbox-cmd config set appinfo poll-interval 0

    • Windows guest

      VMwareToolboxCmd.exe config set appinfo disabled true or

      VMwareToolboxCmd.exe config set appinfo poll-interval 0