Legacy guests that have fallen out of support by their respective vendors will be covered by “frozen” VMware Tools 10.0.12. ![]() ![]() VMware Tools 10.1 will be available for OEM-supported guest operating systems only. This release of VMware Tools is comprised of two separate delivery vehicles. Bifurcation of Tools for legacy and current guests Similarly, Tools updates for those same bundled guests will be distributed through Update Manager, as they have been in the past, via the tools-light VIB. VMware ESXi 6.5 includes VMware Tools for the most commonly used guest operating systems Tools for other guests are available for download from My VMware. Bundling of Tools for most popular guests only As usual, this version of VMware Tools is compatible with previous vSphere releases, and several enhancements improve the overall manageability experience when used in conjunction with vSphere 6.5. The next major release of VMware Tools – the collection of in-guest drivers and agents that optimize VM performance and increase manageability – will be delivered with VMware vSphere 6.5, and is also downloadable as of today from My VMware.
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