Installing VMware ToolsΒΆ

The Plixer Scrutinizer package includes a script to install VMware Tools, which is not installed by default. The recommended time to install VMware Tools is after the basic appliance configuration process.

Installing VMware Tools will allow you to properly shutdown the Plixer Scrutinizer virtual machine when needed.

To run the script to install VMware Tools, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the appliance as the plixer user using the configured password.

  2. Launch the interactive scrut_util by entering the following at the prompt:

    [plixer@scrutinizer ~]$ /home/plixer/scrutinizer/bin/scrut_util

  3. At the Plixer Scrutinizer interactive prompt, enter the following command:

    SCRUTINIZER> enable vmwaretools

  4. After the operation completes, type exit or quit to terminate the interactive prompt.

Once VMware Tools has been enabled on the appliance, select Shut Down Guest under the Power submenu to shut down the Plixer Scrutinizer virtual machine. Do NOT select Power Off as this may result in database corruption.