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Starting Open VM Tools in Junos Space Platform

Junos Space Network Management Platform Release 24.1 supports the use of Open VM Tools to facilitate better management and seamless interaction of VMware ESXi 6.0 server with Junos Space Virtual Appliance.

Junos Space Network Management Platform Release 24.1 supports Rocky Linux 9 and does not include a dedicated VMware Tools ISO image for installation. Instead, you can install the required drivers and utilities from Using Open VM Tools package, which is available in the standard Rocky Linux repositories.

Perform the following steps to install Open VM Tool using CLI:

  1. Stop the firewall and jmp-watchdog services:

  2. Connect to Rocky Linux 9:

    Note: If you fail to connect to Rocky Linux, and the following error is displayed: Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'baseos': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name for https://mirrors.rockylinux.org/mirrorlist?arch=x86_64&repo=BaseOS-9 [Could not resolve host: mirrors.rockylinux.org].

    Workaround: Open vi /etc/resolv.conf file in the CLI and add nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver.

  3. Reboot the Junos Space node:

  4. Start Open VM Tools each time the Junos Space node is rebooted:

  5. Verify Open VM Tool installation:

    vmtoolsd is running is displayed when Open VM Tool is successfully installed.

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