In ESXi 6.5, only a subset of VMware Tools ISO images are bundled with the ESXi 6.5 host by default.
The following VMware Tools ISO images are bundled with ESXi:
- windows.iso:
VMware Tools image for Windows Vista or higher
- linux.iso:
VMware Tools image for Linux OS with glibc 2.5 or higher (for example, RHEL 5 or later, SLES 11 or later, Ubuntu 10.04 or later)
- winPreVista.iso:
VMware Tools image for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003
The following additional VMware Tools ISO images are available for download from My VMware:
- solaris.iso:
VMware Tools image for Solaris
- freebsd.iso:
VMware Tools image for FreeBSD
- winPre2k.iso:
VMware Tools image for pre Windows 2000
- linuxPreGlibc25.iso:
VMware Tools image for Linux OS with glibc less than 2.5
- darwin.iso:
VMware Tools image for OS X 10.11 or later
- darwinPre15.iso:
VMware Tools image for Pre-OS X 10.11
- netware.iso:
VMware Tools image for Netware