A lot of questions about vmtools

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    Hi,<br>
    <br>
    I have some questions. It will be very helpfull to understand how it
    should work because I can't find answers in the documentation.<br>
    <br>
    First one is about vmware-checkvm. For the vSphere Client 4.1 with
    ESXi 4.1 I see in the VMX file: <br>
    virtualHW.version = "7"<br>
    config.version = "8"<br>
    <br>
    And for this VM in Summary I see: <br>
    VM version: 7<br>
    <br>
    But in the guest OS with installed open-vmtools I see:<br>
    Linux(debug)# vmware-checkvm -h<br>
    VM's hw version is 4<br>
    VMware software version 6 (good)<br>
    <br>
    Can someone explain situation with this versions? What does it mean?<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    Second question is about disabling features in the vSphere Client
    like "send ctrl+alt+del" or "install vmtools". Can we hide or
    disable this fields? I see some fields already grayed out.<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    Third question is about showing IP addresses in the Summary tab. <br>
    If we use vSphere Client 4.1 with ESXi 4.1 it works fine and we can
    see IP addresses assigned in the guest OS. But for vCenter 4.1/5.0
    with ESXi 4.1 we don't see it. And for vCenter 5.0 with ESXi 5.0 we
    can see it again.<br>
    <br>
    Are there any differences between versions in case Summary tab and
    updating guest info by plugin(libguestInfo.so)?<br>
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Stas</pre>
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