To determine the VMware Tool version:
- From the Console or an remote desktop session, open VMware Tools from the Task Bar and click About.
- From the directory located at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\, run the command:
VMwareToolboxCmd.exe -v
- From the Console, run the vmware-toolbox command from terminal and click About.
- To determine the vmware-tools version, run the command:
vmware-toolbox-cmd -v
grep toolbox /vmfs/volumes/datastore/vm_name/vmware.log
An alternative command to verify the tools version on an ESX/ESXi host is:
grep build- /vmfs/volumes/datastore/vm_name/vmware.log