Symptom : How do I automate the VMware Tools installation
This is usefull for Kickstart or other types of automatic installations
Solution : To install VMware tools for ESX version 3.5 and 4.0 you need to run the perl script :
/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl
To automate it run the script with the -d switch
This will use the defaults with no questions .
/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl -d