How to exclude open-vm-tools package for VMware guest in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kickstart installation

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Issue

  • I wanted to select all packages to be installed in the kickstart file for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 installation on VMware guest.
  • I used --nocore option, but the open-vm-tools package was installed without specifying it in the kickstart file.
  • How to exclude open-vm-tools package for the installation?

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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