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Oracle Linux 7: Availability and Benefits of open-vm-tools Package for VMware Virtual Machine Guests (Doc ID 2226212.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 17, 2022

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.2 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [4.1.12] and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64
Linux x86

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This document serves to advise users of the availability and benefits of using the open-vm-tools package on Oracle Linux 7 (OL7) VMware Virtual Machine (VM) guests.

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