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# Copyright (c) 2019-2023 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. # "CAUTION: tools.conf is highly syntax sensitive file. Use extreme caution # while editing it. If modified, it is automatically re-loaded by # VMware Tools services every 5 seconds." # # Lines must not end with trailing white space. [unsetenvironment] # Defines environment variables to be removed from the service reading # the configuration file. Supported formats are: # # 1. <variableName>= # 2. <serviceName>.<variableName>= # # Where <serviceName> refers to the 'vmsvc' and 'vmusr', # <variableName> refers to the name of the environment # variable to be removed. '=' sign after <variableName> # is mandatory to maintain the configuration file syntax. # However, anything after '=' is ignored. # # Case-sensitive behavior is defined by the operating system. # # Note: unsetenvironment group is processed before setenvironment group. # As the service environment is setup at start up time, any changes # in this group require service to be restarted in order to take effect. # # Unsetting PATH for all services: # PATH= # # Unsetting PATH for vmsvc only: # vmsvc.PATH= # # Unsetting PATH for vmusr only: # vmusr.PATH= [setenvironment] # Defines environment variables to be set for the service reading # the configuration file. Supported formats are: # # 1. <variableName>=<variableValue> # 2. <serviceName>.<variableName>=<variableValue> # # Where <serviceName> refers to the 'vmsvc' and 'vmusr', # <variableName> refers to the name of the environment # variable to be set, and <variableValue> refers to the # value to be assigned to the environment variable. # # Case-sensitive behavior is defined by the operating system. # # Note: setenvironment group is processed after unsetenvironment group. # As the service environment is setup at start up time, any changes # in this group require service to be restarted in order to take effect. # # Setting TMPDIR for all services: # TMPDIR=/vmware/temp # # Setting TMPDIR for vmsvc only: # vmsvc.TMPDIR=/vmware/vmsvc/temp # # Setting TMPDIR for vmusr only: # vmusr.TMPDIR=/vmware/vmusr/temp [logging] # set to false to turn off logging #log = true # Log destinations for various services # By default, logs go to # %windir%/temp/vmware-<servicename>.log # for Windows, and # /var/log/vmware-<servicename>-<username>.log # for Linux, MacOS and Solaris. # Possible values for handler are: # file: logs to a file. Set *.data to the file name # file+: same as 'file', but appends to the file # All file paths used in *.data value need to be in Unix # format (forward slashes) and in utf-8, for all operating # systems. # vmx: logs to the host (ESXi, Workstation, Fusion) # std: Logs to stdout for level >= 'message', # and to stderr for more severe than 'message'. # syslog: logs to syslog # outputdebugstring: uses OutputDebugString (Windows only) # If handler is 'syslog' and the OS is Linux, the facility # can be set with <domain>.facility. The facility value can be one of # 'local0'..'local7', 'daemon' or 'user'. The default is 'user'. #vmtoolsd.facility = user # possible values for level are: # debug, info, message, warning, critical, error # Note that "debug" level logs generate huge amounts of logs and may also # include sensitive data required for diagnosis. Therefore, this level should # be used only for the duration of diagnosis of an issue and reverted back to # default setting post diagnosis. # Enable tools service logging to a file. #vmtoolsd.level = debug #vmtoolsd.handler = file #vmtoolsd.data = c:/tmp/vmtoolsd-${USER}.log # Enable 'vmsvc' service logging to a file. #vmsvc.level = debug #vmsvc.handler = file #vmsvc.data = c:/tmp/vmsvc.log # Enable VMwareResolutionSet.exe logging to a file. # Comment this for Linux guest, sometimes vmusr logs are not generated due # to this being uncommented #vmresset.level = debug #vmresset.handler = file+ #vmresset.data = c:/tmp/vmresset.log # Enable new "vmusr" service logging to a file. #vmusr.level = debug #vmusr.handler = file #vmusr.data = c:/tmp/vmusr.${USER}.log # Set the following configuration if you want to collect the logs for # vmware-toolbox-cmd utility #toolboxcmd.level = debug #toolboxcmd.handler = file #toolboxcmd.data = c:/tmp/vmtoolboxcmd-${USER}.log # With no explicit logging configuration for deployPkg, its default log path in # Linux is /var/log/vmware-imc/toolsDeployPkg.log, and in Windows is # %WINDIR%/Temp/vmware-imc/toolsDeployPkg.log # Set the following configuration if you want to redirect the deployPkg log to # any existing location other than the default. #deployPkg.level = debug #deployPkg.handler = file #deployPkg.data = c:/tmp/toolsDeployPkg-${USER}.log # Redirecting the deployPkg log to the vmx log file. Please note that # "log = true" and the vmsvc log handler setting to vmx are also neccessary # if you want to redirect the deployPkg log to vmx. #log = true #vmsvc.level = debug #vmsvc.handler = vmx #deployPkg.level = debug #deployPkg.handler = vmx # Enable old VMwareUser/vmware-user logging to file. #log.file = c:/tmp/vmtools.log # Enable "hgfsServer" request handling logging to the appropriate service file. #hgfsServer.level = debug # Enable "hgfs" manager and transport logging to the appropriate service file. #hgfsd.level = debug #vmbackup.level = debug #vmbackup.handler = vmx #vmvss.level = debug #vmvss.handler = vmx # Default 4096, 0=> deactivate log caching #maxCacheEntries=4096 # Set the following configurations for modifying network script logging file. # Only for Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD #network.handler = file #network.data = /tmp/network.log #network.maxOldLogFiles = 9 # Redirect network script logs to vmx #network.handler = vmx [powerops] # Custom scripts for power operations # This can be an absolute path, or a path relative to the tools # install path (/etc/vmware-tools/ for Linux). # For more information on configuring and querying custom scripts with # VMware Tools, see the "Use Custom VMware Tools Scripts" section of the # "VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide". # Runs when the virtual machine is being powered on rather than resumed. # Also runs after virtual machine restarts. # The default script has no effect on networking for the virtual machine. #poweron-script=poweron-vm-default # Runs when the virtual machine is being powered off or reset. # The default script has no effect on networking for the virtual machine. #poweroff-script=poweroff-vm-default # Runs when the virtual machine is resumed after it was suspended. # On Windows guest operating systems, if the virtual machine is configured to # use DHCP, the default script renews the IP address of the virtual machine. # On Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD guest operating systems, # this script starts networking for the virtual machine. #resume-script=resume-vm-default # Runs when the virtual machine is being suspended. # On Windows guest operating systems, if the virtual machine is configured # to use DHCP, the default script releases the IP address of the virtual # machine. # On Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD, this script stops networking for # the virtual machine. #suspend-script=suspend-vm-default [guestinfo] # Set to true to deactivate the perf monitor. #disable-perf-mon=false # Set to true to deactivate DiskInfo. #disable-query-diskinfo=false # User-defined poll interval in seconds. Set to 0 to deactivate polling. #poll-interval=30 # User-defined stats interval in seconds. Set to 0 to deactivate stats collection. #stats-interval=20 # Whether stat results should be written to the log. #enable-stat-logging=false # Set a comma separated list of network interface names that can be the # primary ones. These will be sorted to the top. Interface names can use # wildcards like '*' and '?'. Default is no value. #primary-nics= # Set a comma separated list of network interface names that have low priority # (so they will be sorted to the end). Interface names can use wildcards like # '*' and '?'. Default is no value. #low-priority-nics= # Set a comma separated list of network interface names that shall be ignored. # Interface names can use wildcards like '*' and '?'. # Default for Linux and all non-Windows: #exclude-nics=veth*,docker*,virbr*,antrea-*,cali* # Default for Windows: #exclude-nics=vEthernet* # max umber of IPv4 routes to gather. #max-ipv4-routes=100 # max umber of IPv6 routes to gather. #max-ipv6-routes=100 # whether to include reserved space in diskInfo space metrics on Linux #diskinfo-include-reserved=false [globalconf] # The GlobalConf feature provides an ability for the vSphere administrators # to distribute a 'VMware Tools Configuration File' (tools.conf) via the # GuestStore for multiple VMs at scale. # Defines the configuration to activate/deactivate the GlobalConf module. # Set to true to enable(activate) the module. # Set to false to deactivate the module. Default false. #enabled=false # Defines a custom GlobalConf poll interval (in seconds). # Default 3600 seconds. Minimum 1800 seconds. #poll-interval=3600 # Defines the global configuration resource in GuestStore. # Windows guests #resource=/vmware/configurations/vmtools/windows/tools.conf # # Linux guests #resource=/vmware/configurations/vmtools/linux/tools.conf [componentmgr] # This plugin manages the known and enabled components add/remove status. # The plugin polls at regular interval and triggers action add/remove for # all the known and enabled components in the componentMgr plugin. # Default and minimum polling interval in seconds (0 => polling deactivated) #poll-interval=180 # Comma separated list of components managed by the plugin. If not specified, # default value is all, which means all components are enabled by default. # A special value of none means no component, which is equivalent to disabling # the plugin completely. Value is parsed left to right and parsing stops at # first occurrence of all or none or end of line. #included=all [appinfo] # This plugin collects info about running applications in guest OS. # Set to true to deactivate the appinfo plugin. #disabled=false # User-defined poll interval in seconds. Set to 0 to deactivate the plugin. #poll-interval=21600 # For Windows guest, set to true to use WMI for getting the application # version info, otherwise native Win32 API is used. #useWMI=false # Whether to remove the duplicate applications information in the # guestinfo variable. #remove-duplicates=true [containerinfo] # This plugin collects info about running containers in guest OS. # User-defined poll interval in seconds. Set to 0 to deactivate the plugin. #poll-interval=21600 # Maximum number of containers to be retrieved per namespace. #max-containers=256 # Whether to remove the duplicate containers information in the # guestinfo variable. #remove-duplicates=true # Unix socket to use to communicate with the docker daemon. #docker-unix-socket=/var/run/docker.sock # The unix socket to connect to communicate with containerd grpc server # for retrieving the list of running containers. #containerd-unix-socket=/run/containerd/containerd.sock # List of namespaces to be queried for the running containers. # The value for this key is a comman separated list. #allowed-namespaces=moby,k8s.io,default [servicediscovery] # This plugin provides admins with additional info for better VM management. # Set to true to deactivate the servicediscovery plugin. #disabled=false [unity] # # Unity is available for Windows only. # # Set to true to override system decisions about whether unity should be available. #forceEnable=false # Override the desktop background color when in Unity mode. #desktop.backgroundColor= # The socket type can be 'ipsocket' or 'vsocket': #pbrpc.socketType [resolutionKMS] # Default is true if tools finds an xf86-video-vmware driver with # version >= 13.2.0. If you don't have X installed, set this to true manually. # This only affects tools for Linux. #enable=true [guestosinfo] # Override the short OS name sent by tools. #short-name= # Override the long OS name sent by tools. #long-name= [vmbackup] # enableSyncDriver is Linux only. #enableSyncDriver=true # enableVSS is Windows only. #enableVSS=true # vss.disableAppQuiescing is Windows only. # This setting can be used to force file system quiescing on Windows systems # having problems with application quiescing. # See https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2146204 #vss.disableAppQuiescing=false # Linux: # The value of excludedFileSystems is a comma-separated list of glob-style # patterns specifying the file system mount points to be excluded from # quiescing operation. The patterns may use '*' (wildcard) to represent # any string of characters and '?' (joker) to represent any single character. # The characters represented by the patterns '*' and '?' may include any # characters, including '/'. # # Windows: # The value of excludedFileSystems is a comma-separated list of mount points # specifying the volumes to be excluded from quiesced snapshots. # Each mount point must be a full path separated and ended with "\\". # For example, to exclude volumes with drive letter 'E' or mount point # "F:\mount\", use: # excludedFileSystems=E:\\,F:\\mount\\ # This setting is ignored when application quiescing is used. #excludedFileSystems= # Linux: # It is possible that filesystems are being frozen in pre-freeze scripts # to control the order in which those specific filesystems are to be frozen. # The vmtoolsd process must be informed of all such filesystems with the help # of "excludedFileSystems" setting of tools.conf. # # A temporary workaround is available (starting from 12.3.0) for admins to allow # quiesceing operation to succeed until the "excludedFileSystems" list # is configured. # # If another process thaws the file system while a quiescing operation # operation is ongoing, the snapshot may be compromised. Once the # "excludedFileSystems" list is configured this setting MUST be unset (or set # to false). # # The value of ignoreFrozenFileSystems is a true or false; the default is # false. # # Set to true to ignore pre-frozen file systems during the quiescing operation. # # ignoreFrozenFileSystems is Linux only (Not supported on Windows). #ignoreFrozenFileSystems=false # execScripts specifies whether to execute scripts as part of the quiescing # operation. Scripts are executed from the scripts directory along with the # legacy scripts. # # Scripts directory: # Linux: /etc/vmware-tools/backupScripts.d # Windows: <Install-Path>\backupScripts.d # # Legacy scripts: # Linux: /usr/sbin/pre-freeze-script and /usr/sbin/post-thaw-script # Windows: C:\windows\pre-freeze-script.bat and C:\windows\post-thaw-script.bat # # On each quiescing operation, scripts are invoked before quiescing and # either after a quiescing failure or after thawing. # The first argument passed to each script is # "freeze", when invoked before quiescing; # "freezefail", when invoked after a quiescing failure; or # "thaw", when invoked after thawing. # When invoked before quiescing, scripts from the directory are invoked in # alphabetically ascending order; when invoked following a quiescing failure # or thawing, they are invoked in the reverse order. Any subdirectories are # ignored. # Note that the legacy pre-freeze-script is invoked only before quiescing as # the first script and post-thaw-script is invoked after a quiescing failure # as well as after thawing as the last script. #execScripts=true # Additional argument to be passed to scripts #scriptArg= [guestoperations] # to deactivate all guest ops #disabled=false # Whether to use vgauth for guest op authentication #useVGAuth=true [autoupgrade] # The "allow-upgrade" option controls whether automatic upgrades (or reinstalls) # are allowed. #allow-upgrade=true # The autoupgrade plugin is only available for Windows. # The "allow-add-feature" and "allow-remove-feature" control whether adding # or removing a feature will be allowed. # The allow-msi-transforms option controls whether TRANSFORMS property is # allowed. #allow-add-feature=true #allow-remove-feature=true #allow-msi-transforms=false [deployPkg] # to deactivate guest customization #enable-customization=false # This "wait-cloudinit-timeout" option controls how long does guest # customization wait for cloud-init execution done when it detects cloud-init # is available in guest. # Guest customization will continue executing as soon as it detects cloud-init # execution done within this option's value in seconds. # If cloud-init is still running beyond this option's value in seconds, guest # customization will continue executing regardless cloud-init execution status. # Minimum valid value is 0 second, set to 0 to deactivate waiting. # Maximum valid value is 1800 seconds (30 minutes). # Default value is 30 seconds. #wait-cloudinit-timeout=30 [cbhelper] # The carbonblack helper plugin is only available for Windows. # User-defined poll interval in seconds. Set to 0 to deactivate polling. #poll-interval=60 [gueststoreupgrade] # The guestStoreUpgrade plugin is only available for Windows. # The policy value is one of the settings listed below. # off = no VMware Tools upgrade from GuestStore. Feature is # deactivated. # manual = (Default) VMware Tools upgrade from GuestStore is # manually started. # powercycle = VMware Tools upgrade from GuestStore on system # power on. #policy=manual # Time interval for periodically checking available VMware Tools package # version in the GuestStore. # User-defined poll interval in seconds. Set to 0 to deactivate polling. # Minimum valid value is 900 seconds (15 minutes) # Default value is 3600 seconds (60 minutes) #poll-interval=3600 # VMware Tools package version metadata key to specify a VMware Tools # package version in the GuestStore. # User-defined key for VMware Tools package version. # Default value is "vmtools" which points to the latest version of # VMware Tools package in the GuestStore. #vmtools-version-key=vmtools [devicehelper] # The deviceHelper plugin is only available for Windows. # Set to true to deactivate the deviceHelper plugin. #disabled=false [gitray] # The gitray plugin is only available for Windows # with Complete VMTools install or with File # Introspection Custom install. # By default the gitray plugin is enabled # To disable gitray user plugin set #enabled=false