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Mount-Tools

Sun Jan 19, 2020 6:57 pm

NAME Mount-Tools



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet mounts the VMware Tools CD installer as a CD-ROM on the guest operating system.





SYNTAX

Mount-Tools [[-Guest] <VMGuest[]>] [<CommonParameters>]



Mount-Tools [[-VM] <VirtualMachine[]>] [[-Server] <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet mounts the VMware Tools CD installer as a CD-ROM on the guest operating system that is specified by

the Guest or VM parameters. To specify a server different from the default one, use the Server parameter.





PARAMETERS

-Guest <VMGuest[]>

Specifies the guest operating systems on which you want to mount VMware Tools.



Required? false

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Server <VIServer[]>

Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed to this

parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the

description of Connect-VIServer.



Required? false

Position? 2

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-VM <VirtualMachine[]>

Specifies the virtual machines on which you want to mount VMware Tools.



Required? false

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

None







NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------



Mount-Tools VM



Mounts the VMware Tools on the specified virtual machine. The virtual machine must be powered on.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------



Get-VMGuest VM | Mount-Tools



Mounts the VMware Tools on the virtual machine specified by its guest operating system. The virtual machine must

be powered on.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... Tools.html

Dismount-Tools

Update-Tools