ESX Install VMWare Tools

1) shut down the VM

2) add a cdrom drive

3) launch the vm

4) in VI Client, select the VM and choose Install VMWare Tools

5) log into VM and run the following commands

mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.0.2-52542.tar.gz /tmp
tar xfvz /tmp/VMwareTools-3.0.2-52542.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib/
apt-get update
apt-get install gcc linux-headers-`uname -r`
./vmware-install.pl

Accept all the default values in vmware-install.pl

Finally, reboot your vm:

reboot