Supported OpenVMTools (open-vm-tools) in RHEL 7.4 and VMware ESXi 7

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • VMware includes VMware Tools 10.3.21 in the latest bundle of ESXi.
  • The latest version of OpenVMTools that is available for RHEL 7.4 is 10.1.5.
  • The latest version of OpenVMTools that is available for RHEL 7.3 is 10.0.5.
  • VMware Tools 10.1.x End of General Support 2021-11-15.
  • VMware Tools 10.0.x End of General Support 2020-03-12.
  • VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 1 already dropped support for VMware Tools 10.0.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3
  • VMware ESX®
  • VMware ESXi™ 7
  • Open VM Tools

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