Install VMware-Tools in SLES 11 SP2 for VMware on ESXi 4.0u4

http://packages.vmware.com/tools/docs/manuals/osp-esx-41-install-guide.pdf

As SLES 11 SP2 is not supported on ESXi 4.0 so we use ESXi 4.1 VMware-Tools.

rpm --import http://packages.vmware.com/tools/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-KEY.pub

wget http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.1latest/sles11sp2/SRPMS/vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod-8.3.12-559003.src.rpm

YaST2 --install gcc kernel-source kernel-syms

rpmbuild --rebuild vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod-8.3.12-559003.src.rpm


rpm -ivh /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod-3.0.13-0.27-default-8.3.12-559003.x86_64.rpm

zypper addservice --type=YUM  http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.1latest/sles11sp2/x86_64/ vmware-tools-collection

zypper install vmware-tools

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zypper addservice --type=YUM http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/sles11.2/x86_64 vmware-tools-collection