Yes. open-vm-tools packages for user space components are available with new versions of major Linux distributions, and are installed as part of the OS installation in several cases. Please refer to VMware KB article http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803 for details. All leading Linux vendors support open-vm-tools and bundle it with their products. For information about OS compatibility for open-vm-tools, see the
VMware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility
Automatic installation of open-vm-tools along with the OS installation eliminates the need to separately install open-vm-tools in guests. If open-vm-tools is not installed automatically, you may be able to manually install it from the guest OS vendor's public repository. Installing open-vm-tools from the Linux vendor's repository reduces virtual machine downtime because future updates to open-vm-tools are included with the OS maintenance patches and updates.
-**NOTE**: Most of the Linux distributions ship two open-vm-tools packages, "open-vm-tools" and "open-vm-tools-desktop". "open-vm-tools" is the core package without any dependencies on X libraries and "open-vm-tools-desktop" is an additional package with dependencies on "open-vm-tools" core package and X libraries. The open-vm-tools packages available with Linux distributions do not include Linux drivers because Linux drivers are available as part of Linux kernel itself. Linux kernel versions 3.10 and later include all of the Linux drivers present in open-vm-tools except the vmhgfs driver. The vmhgfs driver is required for enabling shared folders feature.
+**NOTE**: Most of the Linux distributions ship two or more open-vm-tools packages. "open-vm-tools" is the core package without any dependencies on X libraries and "open-vm-tools-desktop" is an additional package with dependencies on "open-vm-tools" core package and X libraries. The "open-vm-tools-sdmp" package contains a plugin for Service Discovery. There may be additional packages, please refer to the documentation of the OS vendor. Note that the open-vm-tools packages available with Linux distributions do not include Linux drivers because Linux drivers are available as part of Linux kernel itself. Linux kernel versions 3.10 and later include all of the Linux drivers present in open-vm-tools except the vmhgfs driver. The vmhgfs driver was required for enabling shared folders feature, but is superseded by vmhgfs-fuse which does not require a kernel driver.
## Will there be continued support for VMware Tools and OSP?
VMware Tools will continue to be available under a commercial license. It is recommended that open-vm-tools be used for the Linux distributions where open-vm-tools is available. VMware will not provide OSPs for operating systems where open-vm-tools is available.
The following steps will work on most recent Linux distributions:
```
autoreconf -i
-./configure --without-kernel-modules
+./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
```
+To build the optional sdmp (Service Discovery) plugin use the `--enable-servicediscovery` option to invoke the configure script:
+```
+./configure --enable-servicediscovery
+```
+
## Getting configure options and help
If you are looking for help or additional settings for the building of this project, the following configure command will display a list of help options:
```
Scan and email it to oss-queries_at_vmware.com
Agreement: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/files/vca.pdf
+# Compatibilty
+
+## What Operating Systems are supported for customization?
+The [Guest OS Customization Support Matrix](http://partnerweb.vmware.com/programs/guestOS/guest-os-customization-matrix.pdf) provides details about the guest operating systems supported for customization.
+
+## Which versions of open-vm-tools are compatible with other VMware products?
+
+The [VMware Product Interoperability Matrix](http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php) provides details about the compatibility of different versions of VMware Tools (includes open-vm-tools) and other VMware Products.
+
+# Internationalization
+## Which languages are supported?
+
+open-vm-tools supports the following languages:
+- English
+- French
+- German
+- Spanish
+- Italian
+- Japanese
+- Korean
+- Simplified Chinese
+- Traditional Chinese
+
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