VMware tools installation in RedHat Enterprise Linux VM

Purpose:
To take the snapshot and proper regular backups the VMware tools up-gradation is indispensable.

Scope:
This document will provide a guidance / procedure to install or upgrade the VMware tools in Red Hat Linux VM instances.

Procedure :-
Step 1: -> Select VM on Vcenter
    Inventory > Virtual Machine > Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools
Step 2: -> On Linux :-
    Mount the installable
    mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
Step 3: -> Copy it to /tmp
    mkdir /tmp/vm
    cp -p /mnt/* /tmp/vm/
Step 4: -> Extract and peform the installation,
    gunzip VMwareTools-9.4.10-2068191.tar.gz
    tar -xvf VMwareTools-9.4.10-2068191.tar
    cd vmware-tools-distrib
    ./vmware-install.pl
    Go with the defaults till the installation process completes.
Step 5: -> Reboot the system
Step 6: -> Verify from Vcenter that VMWare tools reflect.