-#open-vm-tools 10.0.0 Release Notes
-
-Updated on 1 SEP 2015
-##What's in the Release Notes
-The release notes cover the following topics:
-
-- What's New
-- Internationalization
-- Compatibility
-- Installation and Upgrades for This Release
-- Known Issues
-
-##What's New
-VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine's guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. Read about the new and enhanced features in this release below:
-
-- **Common versioning**: Infrastructure changes to enable reporting of the true version of open-vm-tools. This feature is dependent on host support.
-- **Quiesced snapshots enhancements for Linux guests running IO workload**: Robustness related enhancements in quiesced snapshot operation. The _vmtoolsd_ service supports caching of log messages when guest IO has been quiesced. Enhancements in the _vmbackup_ plugin use a separate thread to quiesce the guest OS to avoid timeout issues due to heavy I/O in the guest.
-- **Shared Folders**: For Linux distributions with kernel version 4.0.0 and higher, there is a new FUSE based Shared Folders client which is used as a replacement for the kernel mode client.
-- **ESXi Serviceability**: Default _vmtoolsd_ logging is directed to a file instead of syslog. _vmware-toolbox-cmd_ is enhanced for setting _vmtoolsd_ logging levels.
-- **GuestInfo Enhancements**: Plugin enhancements to report more than 64 IP addresses from the guest. These enhancements will be available only after upgrading the host because the guest IP addresses limit also exists on the host side.
-
-## Internationalization
-open-vm-tools 10.0.0 supports the following languages:
-
-- English
-- French
-- German
-- Spanish
-- Italian
-- Japanese
-- Korean
-- Simplified Chinese
-- Traditional Chinese
-
-## Compatibility
-open-vm-tools 10.0.0 is compatible with all supported versions of VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation 12.0 and VMware Fusion 8.0.
-## Installation and Upgrades for This Release
-The steps to install open-vm-tools vary depending on your VMware product and the guest operating system you have installed. For general steps to install open-vm-tools in most VMware products, see https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/README.md
-## Known Issues
-The known issues are as follows:
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-- **The status of IPv6 address is displayed as "unknown"**
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- The status of IPv6 address from vim-cmd is displayed as "unknown" even when the address is valid.
-
- Workaround: None
-- **TextCopyPaste between host and guest systems fail**
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- Copy and Paste of text between host and guest systems fail if the text size 50KB or higher.
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- Workaround: Copy and Paste smaller amounts of text.
-- **Definition of the field _ipAddress_ in guestinfo is ambiguous**
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- The field _ipAddress_ is defined as "Primary IP address assigned to the guest operating system, if known".
-
- Workaround: The field _ipAddress_ in this context for Linux is defined as the first IP address fetched by open-vm-tools.
+# open-vm-tools 12.5.0 Release Notes
+
+Updated on: 8 October 2024
+
+open-vm-tools | 8 OCTOBER 2024 | Build 24276846
+
+Check back for additions and updates to these release notes.
+
+## What's in the Release Notes
+
+The release notes cover the following topics:
+
+* [What's New](#whatsnew)
+* [Internationalization](#i18n)
+* [Product Support Notice](#suppnote)
+* [Guest Operating System Customization Support](#guestop)
+* [Interoperability Matrix](#interop)
+* [Resolved Issues](#resolvedissues)
+* [Known Issues](#knownissues)
+
+## <a id="whatsnew" name="whatsnew"></a>What's New
+
+
+* Please see the [Resolved Issues](#resolvedissues) and [Known Issues](#knownissues) sections below.
+
+* A complete list of the granular changes in the open-vm-tools 12.5.0 release is available at:
+
+ [open-vm-tools ChangeLog](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.5.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog)
+
+## <a id="i18n" name="i18n"></a>Internationalization
+
+open-vm-tools 12.5.0 is available in the following languages:
+
+* English
+* French
+* German
+* Spanish
+* Italian
+* Japanese
+* Korean
+* Simplified Chinese
+* Traditional Chinese
+
+## <a id="suppnote" name="suppnote"></a>Product Support Notice
+
+Beginning with the next major release, we will be reducing the number of supported localization languages. The three supported languages will be:
+ * Japanese
+ * Spanish
+ * French
+
+The following languages will no longer be supported:
+ * Italian
+ * German
+ * Brazilian Portuguese
+ * Traditional Chinese
+ * Korean
+ * Simplified Chinese
+
+Impact:
+ * Users who have been using the deprecated languages will no longer receive updates or support in these languages.
+ * All user interfaces, message catalogs, help documentation, and customer support will be available only in English or in the three supported languages mentioned above.
+
+## <a id="guestop" name="guestop"></a>Guest Operating System Customization Support
+
+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.
+
+
+## <a id="interop" name="interop"></a>Interoperability Matrix
+
+The [VMware Product Interoperability Matrix](http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php) provides details about the compatibility of current and earlier versions of VMware Products.
+
+## <a id="resolvedissues" name ="resolvedissues"></a> Resolved Issues
+
+* **The following github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools pull request has been addressed.**
+
+ * Revise settings for vmware-user.desktop
+
+ [Pull request #668](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/668)
+
+* **Accomodate newer releases of libxml2 and xmlsec1.**
+
+ The configure.ac and VGAuth code updated to avoid deprecated functions and build options based on OSS product version.
+
+## <a id="knownissues" name="knownissues"></a>Known Issues
+
+* **Shared Folders mount is unavailable on Linux VM.**
+
+ If the **Shared Folders** feature is enabled on a Linux VM while it is powered off, the shared folders mount is not available on restart.
+
+ Note: This issue is applicable to open-vm-tools running on VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion.
+
+ Workaround:
+
+ If the VM is powered on, disable and enable the **Shared Folders** feature from the interface. For resolving the issue permanently, edit **/etc/fstab** and add an entry to mount the Shared Folders automatically on boot. For example, add the line:
+
+ <tt>vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0</tt>
+
+ For more information on how to configure VMware Tools Shared Folders, see [KB 60262](https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/60262)
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