opkstorm.blogg.se - Vmware workstation shared folder

The Host Path is the folder location on the host machine. Under the Folders section, the Name field is what the share will be named in the VM. To make things easier, here is the detailed path to access shared files: My Network Places > VMware Shared Folders >. Critical points are highlighted with red arrows. I installed the first version into the client virtual machine (VM) which was running Ubuntu 18.04.Īt this point, I defined three shared folders on the host through the VMware management GUI for the VM.

open-vm-tools-desktop - This package contains the user-space programs and libraries that are essential for improved user experience of VMware virtual machines (graphical user interface).

open-vm-tools - This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries (command line interface).

To set up a folder for sharing between virtual machines, you must configure each virtual machine to use the same directory on the host system or network share.

It is a suite of virtualization utilities and drivers to improve the functionality, user experience and administration of VMware virtual machines. Enable a Shared Folder for a Virtual Machine You can enable folder sharing for a specific virtual machine. The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) project is an open source implementation of VMware Tools. I had some issues getting these tools to work correctly so I decided to install their open source version. VMware Workstation has built-in tools that can be installed from the management GUI (VM > Install VM Tools).