open-vm-tools support

IBM® Cloud Pak System provides open-vm-tools support for RHEL 7.8 base OS image.

In 2.3.3.3 or later:

RHEL 7.x base OS image includes open-vm-tools that replaces the VMware tools in IBM Cloud Pak System. VMware suggests open-vm-tools, and these tools are the open source implementation of VMware tools and provides the same function. The open-vm-tools package is updated along with base OS image refresh and you no longer need to manage or update them by using the VMware vSphere client in VMware vCenter.
Note: The VMware tools installation or use is not supported from 2.3.3.3 and later for RHEL 7.x base OS image.
For more information about open-vm-tools, see these links: