topic Re: How to install VMware Tools for PA-VM 6.0.0 in General Topics https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/how-to-install-vmware-tools-for-pa-vm-6-0-0/m-p/29881#M21843 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Customer access on any Palo Alto appliance is only via the firewall command line.&nbsp; Access to the root on the system is restricted to Palo Alto support only.&nbsp; You cannot add anything to the root vm including vmware tools.</P><P></P><P>According to VMware, best practice is to have vm-tools installed on appliances that companies offer for sale.&nbsp; So we can hope that as the vm appliance business proceeds PA will start including vm tools in the load.</P><P></P><P>Best Practices for Building Virtual Appliances</P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/Best_Practices_Building_Virtual_Appliances.pdf">http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/Best_Practices_Building_Virtual_Appliances.pdf</A></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 17 May 2014 19:13:47 GMT pulukas 2014-05-17T19:13:47Z How to install VMware Tools for PA-VM 6.0.0 https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/how-to-install-vmware-tools-for-pa-vm-6-0-0/m-p/29880#M21842 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi, I downloaded PA-VM 6.0.0 and spun it up on a VMware server. I am trying to install VMware tools on it. Does anyone know how to do it? I have searched out that the VMware Tools is not compatible with PA-VM. Is it true tho? I cannot find any info from PaloAlto knowledge base. </SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Thank you very much. </SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 May 2014 21:23:23 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/how-to-install-vmware-tools-for-pa-vm-6-0-0/m-p/29880#M21842 Xu 2014-05-16T21:23:23Z Re: How to install VMware Tools for PA-VM 6.0.0 https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/how-to-install-vmware-tools-for-pa-vm-6-0-0/m-p/29881#M21843 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Customer access on any Palo Alto appliance is only via the firewall command line.&nbsp; Access to the root on the system is restricted to Palo Alto support only.&nbsp; You cannot add anything to the root vm including vmware tools.</P><P></P><P>According to VMware, best practice is to have vm-tools installed on appliances that companies offer for sale.&nbsp; So we can hope that as the vm appliance business proceeds PA will start including vm tools in the load.</P><P></P><P>Best Practices for Building Virtual Appliances</P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/Best_Practices_Building_Virtual_Appliances.pdf">http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/Best_Practices_Building_Virtual_Appliances.pdf</A></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 17 May 2014 19:13:47 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/how-to-install-vmware-tools-for-pa-vm-6-0-0/m-p/29881#M21843 pulukas 2014-05-17T19:13:47Z