1. Reinstall the coreutils package using YUM method
# yum reinstall coreutils
2. Execute rpm -va and verify that there is no "missing" entry for mkfifo as shown below.
# rpm -Va |& tee /tmp/rpmva2.out
3. If no errors exist, execute the below command to verify completion.
# dracut -v -f --debug /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64.img 2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64 |& tee /tmp/dracutmkfifo.out
After performing above steps go ahead and installed vmware-tools.
If YUM is not configured in your Linux Machine, then you need to manually download the coreutils package [ Link will be provided as it depends on linux distributions ]
If any error appears then do check the logs of Dracut log, the log would be available in /var/log inisde the OS. You might see similar to ERROR Failed to install /etc/system-fips
1. Look whether the system-fips file is present under /etc and make sure the extension is proper. In an occasion you might see it as system-fips.bak which you can copy it as system-fips
2. Post correcting the extension re-try installation of vmware tools should go through without a problem
3.Reboot the VM