open-vm-tools 12.0.0

open-vm-tools 12.0.0 release based on build 19345655

Please refer to the release notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.0.0/ReleaseNotes.md

The granular changes that have gone into the 12.0.0 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.0.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

• Two new features are available in open-vm-tools 12.0.0. For configuration and build dependencies see What's New in the Release Notes.

  • Support for managing Salt Minion.
  • Support for gathering and publishing a list of containers running inside Linux guests.

• A potential failure to build from source [FTBFS] issue was reported in issue #570. The fix did not make the code freeze cut-off date, but the fix is available on the development branch. Details to obtain the fix are available in the Known Issues section of the Release Notes.

• For issues resolved in this release, see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.

  • Open-vm-tools can be built with either libfuse2 or libfuse3

open-vm-tools 11.3.5

open-vm-tools 11.3.5 release based on build 18557794

Please refer to the release notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.3.5/ReleaseNotes.md

The granular changes that have gone into the 11.3.5 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.3.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

• The hgfsmounter (mount.vmhgfs) command has been removed from open-vm-tools.

  • Changes may be needed to remove /sbin/mount.vmhgfs from packaging scripts.

• A configurable logging capability has been added to the network script.

• For issues resolved in this release, see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.

open-vm-tools 11.3.0

open-vm-tools 11.3.0 release based on build 18090558

Please refer to the release notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.3.0/ReleaseNotes.md

The granular changes that have gone into the 11.3.0 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.3.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

• The following github issues and pull requests have been resolved:

  Issues: #446, #481, #500 and #509

  Pull requests: #474 and #505

• A number of issues detected by Coverity, internally or by third parties, have been addressed.

• A command line tool, vmwgfxctrl, has been added to open-vm-tools for Linux that can be used to control various aspects of the vmwgfx Linux kernel module.

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open-vm-tools 11.2.5

open-vm-tools 11.2.5 release based on build 17337674

The granular changes that have gone into the 11.2.5 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.2.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

The following github issues and pull requests have been resolved:

• issues: #467 and #468
• pull request: #469

A number of issues detected by Coverity, internally or by third parties, have been addressed.

open-vm-tools 11.2.0

open-vm-tools 11.2.0 release based on build 16938113

Please refer to the release notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.2.0/ReleaseNotes.md

The granular changes that have gone into the 11.2.0 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.2.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

The following github issues and pull requests have been resolved:

• issues: #429 and #452
• pulls: #431 and #432

open-vm-tools 11.1.5

open-vm-tools release 11.1.5 based on build 16724464.

Please refer to the release notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.1.5/ReleaseNotes.md

The following github issues have been resolved: issues #428, #429 and #451

open-vm-tools 11.1.0

open-vm-tools release 11.1.0 based on build 16036546.

Please refer to the release notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.1.x/ReleaseNotes.md

The following github issues have been resolved: issues #291, #390, #398, #404

open-vm-tools 11.0.5

open-vm-tools release 11.0.5 based on build 15389592.

open-vm-tools 11.0.1

open-vm-tools release 11.0.1 based on build 14773994.

open-vm-tools 11.0.0

open-vm-tools release 11.0.0 based on build 14549434