Guest administrator can control the automatic upgrade, installation or removal of a component using the configuration options provided in VMware Tools Configuration file (tools.conf).

Procedure

  1. Automatic Upgrade: The guest admin can control automatic upgrade using the allow-upgrade option.
    The allow-upgrade option controls whether automatic upgrades (or re-installations) are allowed or not. This option has the values:
    • allow-upgrade=true: Enables automatic upgrade of VMware Tools.

      This is the default value.

    • allow-upgrade=false: Disables automatic upgrade of VMware Tools.
    Note: The allow-upgrade option affects all the auto upgradable tools.
  2. Add or Remove a Feature: The guest admin can control adding or removing a feature from VMware Tools using the following options:
    • allow-add-feature: This option controls whether adding a feature from VMware Tools is allowed or not. This option has the values:
      • allow-add-feature=true: Enables adding a feature from VMware Tools.

        This is the default value.

      • allow-add-feature=false: Disables adding a feature from VMware Tools.
    • allow-remove-feature: This option controls whether removing a feature from VMware Tools is allowed or not. This option has the values:
      • allow-remove-feature=true: Enables removing a feature from VMware Tools.

        This is the default value.

      • allow-remove-feature=false: Disables removing a feature from VMware Tools.
    Note:
    1. The allow-add-feature and allow-remove-feature options affect Windows tools only.
    2. If the guest admin disables the automatic upgrade option (allow-upgrade=false), the feature modification options (allow-add-feature and allow-remove-feature) get disabled as well.