Enable copy and paste on VM console from vSphere Client

For a specific Virtual Machine:


Follow the steps below:

1. Install vmware tools
2. Power Off virtual machine.
3. Go to edit settings, vm options tab.
4. Click Advanced settings, click edit parameters
    add two new fields as given below:
    isolation.tools.copy.disable = false
    isolation.tools.paste.disable = false


For all virtual machines on an Esxi host:

Follow the steps below:

1. Log in to the ESX/ESXi host as a root user.
2. Open the /etc/vmware/config file using a text editor.
3. Add these entries to the file:

   vmx.fullpath = "/bin/vmx"
   isolation.tools.copy.disable="FALSE"
   isolation.tools.paste.disable="FALSE

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