Device drivers smooth mouse operations, make VMware features such as folder sharing available, and improve sound, graphics, and networking performance. If you do a custom VMware Tools installation or reinstallation, you can choose which drivers to install.
How to install LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) on VMware ESXi 5.5 This morning I got an email from the datacenter that informed me of a loud alarm coming from one of my servers. I knew right away it was the LSI card sounding off due to a hard drive failure.
When you select a custom configuration, the New Virtual Machine wizard prompts you to select the I/O controller type for the virtual machine. Workstation installs an IDE controller and a SCSI controller in the virtual machine. The IDE controller is always ATAPI. For the SCSI controller, you can choose BusLogic, LSI Logic, or LSI Logic SAS. When you select a custom configuration, the New Virtual Machine wizard prompts you to select the I/O controller type for the virtual machine. Workstation installs an IDE controller and a SCSI controller in the virtual machine. The IDE controller is always ATAPI. For the SCSI controller, you can choose BusLogic, LSI Logic, or LSI Logic SAS. VMware ESXi 6.5 lsi-msgpt3-16.00.00.00-1OEM.650.0.0.4598673 SAS Driver for sas3 controllers The ESXi mpt3sas driver CD includes version 16.00.00.00-1OEM.650.0.0.4598673 of the LSI lsi-msgpt3 drivers,which enables support for AVAGO MPT Fusion based SAS3 (SAS 12.0 Gb/s) Controller(s. I have the same driver in a W2K3 vm. I just updated the tools in this vm from version 55869 to version 69376. The LSI driver did not update. Also, there is no LSI driver visible in the virtual CD image for the tools. Download VMware vSphere. Run fewer servers and reduce capital and operating costs using VMware vSphere to build a cloud computing infrastructure. The ESXi mpt3sas driver CD includes version 16.00.00.00-1OEM.650.0.0.4598673 of the LSI lsi-msgpt3 drivers,which enables support for AVAGO MPT Fusion based SAS3 (SAS 12.0 Gb/s) Controller(s. By default for Windows Server 2008 and above, the default virtual SCSI controller is the LSI Logic SAS disk controller. It’s there for compatibility purposes, and piggybacks the existing driver that is built into the operating system. It works great because it always ‘just works’.
Which drivers are installed when you install VMware Tools also depends on the guest operating system and the VMware product. The following device drivers can be included with VMware Tools:
SVGA driver | This virtual driver enables 32-bit displays, high display resolution, and significantly faster graphics performance. When you install VMware Tools, a virtual SVGA driver replaces the default VGA driver, which allows for only 640 X 480 resolution and 16-color graphics. On Windows guest operating systems whose operating system is Windows Vista or later, the VMware SVGA 3D (Microsoft - WDDM) driver is installed. This driver provides the same base functionality as the SVGA driver, and it adds Windows Aero support. |
SCSI driver | When you create a virtual machine, if you specify that you want the virtual machine to use a BusLogic adapter, the guest operating system uses the SCSI driver that VMware Tools provides. Some recent guest operating systems, however, contain LSI Logic Parallel or LSI Logic SAS drivers. For example, Windows Server 2008 defaults to LSI Logic SAS, which provides the best performance for that operating system. In this case, the LSI Logic SAS driver provided by the operating system is used. |
Paravirtual SCSI driver | This driver is for PVSCSI adapters, which enhance the performance of some virtualized applications. |
VMXNet NIC drivers | The vmxnet and vmxnet3 networking drivers improve network performance. Which driver is used depends on how you configure device settings for the virtual machine. Search the VMware Knowledge Base for information on which guest operating systems support these drivers. When you install VMware Tools, a VMXNet NIC driver replaces the default vlance driver. |
Mouse driver | The virtual mouse driver improves mouse performance. This driver is required if you use some third-party tools such as Microsoft Terminal Services. |
Audio driver | This sound driver is required for all 64-bit Windows guest operating systems and 32-bit Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista guest operating systems if you use the virtual machine with VMware Server, Workstation, or Fusion. |
Kernel module for sharing folders | The host-guest file system module, called hgfs.sys on Windows guest operating systems and vmhgfs on Linux and Solaris, is required to use the virtual machine with Workstation or Fusion and share folders between hosts and guests. |
ThinPrint driver | This driver enables the virtual printing feature on Microsoft Windows virtual machines. With virtual printing, printers added to the operating system on the client or host appear in the list of available printers in the guest operating system. No additional printer drivers must be installed in the virtual machine. |
Memory control driver | This driver is available and recommended if you use VMware vSphere. Excluding this driver hinders the memory management capabilities of the virtual machine in a vSphere deployment. |
Modules and drivers that support making automatic backups | If the guest operating system is Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or other newer Windows operating systems, a Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) module is installed. For other, older Windows operating systems, the Filesystem Sync driver is installed. These modules enable backup applications to create application-consistent snapshots. During the snapshotting process, certain processes are paused and virtual machine disks are quiesced. |
VMCI and VMCI Sockets drivers | The Virtual Machine Communication Interface driver allows fast and efficient communication between virtual machines. Developers can write client-server applications to the VMCI Sock (vsock) interface to make use of the VMCI virtual device. |
Lsi Sas Driver Vmware
We are currently working through a Microsoft Support case we have launched, because of substandard performance of one of our virtual servers.
One of the answers we got back is, that the driver for the virtual harddisk in the Guest OS could be out of date:
'Storage driver LSl Logic PCI-X Ultra32O SCSI Host Adapter is more than two years old
Server: MBSMXO26 Storage driver file c:windowssystem32driverssymmpi.sys on server mbsmxo26.migrosbasel.ch is more than two years old. Check with your vendor to find out if a newer version is available. lnstalled driver details: 1.10.05.00
(NT.041 118-1101) -20051130040000.000000060+'
Vmware Lsi_msgpt3 Driver
I wonder if there is any truth to that. I was under the impression that, if one keeps the vmware tools up to date, automatically the latest hardware drivers would be applied to the guest os ?
Lsi Sas 3008 Vmware Driver
Thanks for any opinions