In this case, I am using a Windows Server 2022 VM so the iso file I want to look at is windows.iso. In that folder there are several iso files: VMware Workstation Tools Locationīy default, the Tools iso that comes as part of a Workstation install can be found at C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation. We need to download the file VMware-tools-windows-11.3.0-18090558.iso Direct Link to the iso. The latest VMware Tools can always be accessed at. I covered this in my previous post Silent Install VMware Tools. Download VMware Toolsįirst we need to download the latest VMware Tools. This post was written using Workstation v16.1.2, VMware Tools 11.3.0 and the guest OS was Windows Server 2022.
In this post I will detail how to keep Tools up to date in a Workstation installation. There are various ways you can deploy and manage Tools on a vSphere installation but it is a manual process in Workstation.īy manual process I mean to update on Workstation you would have to mount the new Tools ISO to the VM and kick off an installation inside the OS.
Traditionally VMware Tools was tied to a release of ESXi but that has changed where they are released on a regular cadence.
