How To Install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Rocky Linux 8. open-vm-tools-sdmp is Service Discovery components for Open Virtual Machine Tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is open-vm-tools-sdmp

This package contains only the user-space programs and utility scripts of open-vm-tools that are essential for performing service discovery in VMware virtual machines by vRealize Operations Service Discovery Management Pack.

We can use yum or dnf to install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install open-vm-tools-sdmp.

Install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install open-vm-tools-sdmp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install open-vm-tools-sdmp

Install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install open-vm-tools-sdmp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install open-vm-tools-sdmp

How To Uninstall open-vm-tools-sdmp on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the open-vm-tools-sdmp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove open-vm-tools-sdmp

open-vm-tools-sdmp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/7aa00cb76e85564d68b93eb2431710a40def88
/usr/lib64/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc/libserviceDiscovery.so
/usr/lib64/open-vm-tools/serviceDiscovery
/usr/lib64/open-vm-tools/serviceDiscovery/scripts
/usr/lib64/open-vm-tools/serviceDiscovery/scripts/get-connection-info.sh
/usr/lib64/open-vm-tools/serviceDiscovery/scripts/get-listening-process-info.sh
/usr/lib64/open-vm-tools/serviceDiscovery/scripts/get-listening-process-perf-metrics.sh
/usr/lib64/open-vm-tools/serviceDiscovery/scripts/get-versions.sh

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.