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#Install darwin iso vmware code
We’re working to improve our own code as well as working with Apple to resolve these issues. Note: This is an experimental feature and is not recommended for production VMs… There are known bugs which may cause an immediate kernel panic of the VM (try connecting the FaceTime camera for a fun example!)Īdditionally, this only applies to Big Sur Hosts with Big Sur Guests, it is not and will not be made possible with Catalina hosts or guests.Īlso note that not all Metal shaders are supported yet, and OpenGL will not be supported.įinally, on some systems we’ve noticed it takes what seems like a REALLY long time to boot, with the VM looking like it’s frozen with the Apple logo and loading progress indicator. While this is possible with Fusion 12.0 and macOS 11.0, there are many critical bugs fixed in Fusion 12.1 and macOS 11.1, so we recommend using those versions and newer. While the feature isn’t quite up to our quality bar just yet, we think it’s far enough along to share with folks so we can gather feedback. With macOS Big Sur, Apple has given us a new set of features that will allow macOS virtual machines to achieve something long sought after: Accelerated 3D Graphics with Metal! Enabling Metal Graphics in macOS Big Sur VMs If [ -d " $ " -target /Įcho "Please reboot the system for the installation to complete. VMWARE_TOOLS_INSTALLER_FILE= "VMware Tools.pkg "Įcho "Please run the script with sudo. VMWARE_TOOLS_INSTALLER_DIR= "/Volumes/VMware Tools/Install VMware Tools.app/Contents/Resources " # Thanks to Rich Trouton for tip on Tools being available online
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# 2 = Download VMware Tools (assumes you can connect to internet)
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# 1 = VMware Tools ISO is mounted from vSphere
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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 🙂 Here's an example of running the script using Option 2: 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. If you not comfortable, want a quick solution or running just Fusion, then Option 2 and 3 would be ideal. 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. In fact, Rich Trouton has an existing solution that he has published here which you can read more about. 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. 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. This would be the most simplistic option and would apply to running Mac OS X guests on either vSphere/ESXi or Fusion. 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. 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 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. At the end of the day, the choice will ultimately be up to the administrator on how he/she would like to proceed. I will share a couple of options which also includes existing solutions that have already been developed.
#Install darwin iso vmware install
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.Īfter 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. 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.
