open-vm-tools 12.3.0-1 for Solaris 11.4

Removed vmware word from package name, filenames and SMF services names to comply with licensing as this is not a VMware project/product

You can still use pkg update to upgrade the package from previous versions. It will replace the old named package with the new one.

Configuration is still in the /etc/vmware-tools/ directory as this is the product default on all UNIX target platforms

open-vm-tools 12.3.0-0 for Solaris 11.4

pkg file for Solaris 11.4 only (Solaris 11.4.42 recommended as it is publicly available)

New in this package :

• Includes VMware changes to open-vm-tools in 12.3.0 and specially CVE-2023-20900 fix. To see full change list read vendor release notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.3.0/ReleaseNotes.md
• Restart solaris SMF services for VMware on update

open-vm-tools 12.2.5-0 for Solaris 11.4

pkg file for Solaris 11.4 only (Solaris 11.4.42 recommended as it is publicly available)

There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.2.5 release. This release resolves CVE-2023-20867. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on VMware products, see https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html.

open-vm-tools 12.2.0-0 for Solaris 11.4

pkg file for Solaris 11.4 only (Solaris 11.4.42 recommended as it is publicly available)
First release as it seems to be stable enough but still need improvements.

open-vm-tools 12.1.5-1 for Solaris 11.4

pkg file for Solaris 11.4 only. Still under heavy development and test

• New SMF service vgauth.
• Pix tested and working OK.
• Now using system standard paths

open-vm-tools 12.1.5-0 for Solaris 11.4

pkg for Oracle Solaris 11.4 only.
Be sure that you have libdnet package already installed or a valid publisher to get it as it will be pulled by this pkg on install.

Still under heavy development for tuning and adjustments on Solaris. To do list :

• use standard system paths instead of /opt/vmware to install the files (useful during develop/debug to get all files located in the same subdirectory)
• change build method to use makefiles and autoconf instead of a shell script
• documentation

open-vm-tools 12.1.0-3 for Solaris 11.4

This package is for Solaris 11.4 only. Solaris 11.3 compatibility has bee dropped (it was only working on 11.3 SRU20+). Use the legacy vmware-tools 10.3.10 distribution from VMware on solaris versions older than 11.4

• Minimum required version is Solaris 11.3 SRU 20
• You may need a working Solaris IPS repository as it will need to install libdnet if not installed yet
• Read README.md file in solaris-build directory for more information

Features:

• vmtoolsd daemon
• vmxnet and vmxnet3 drivers
• memory ballooning control
• hgfs shares between host and guest (on supported hosts)
• copy/paste and drag'n drop between host and guest (on supported hosts)

This project is still under heavy development and test.

open-vm-tools 12.1.0-2 for Solaris 11

This should be the first full working version for Solaris 11.3 / 11.4 but it is still on test and on heavy development.

• Minimum required version is Solaris 11.3 SRU 20
• Drag'n drop and copy/paste only works on Solaris 11.4 (and VMware workstation/fusion)
• Read README.md file in solaris-build directory for more information