Hi Alex,

On Monday, June 03, 2013 03:26:28 PM Alex wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am looking for minimal set of apps&libs to read VMware environment
> properties set in vCenter during OVA deployment.
> Something like what mentioned here:
> http://blogs.vmware.com/vapp/2009/07/selfconfiguration-and-the-ovf-environme
> nt.html
> 
> or like this:
> /usr/sbin/vmtoolsd  --cmd "info-get guestinfo.ovfEnv"
> 
> I wonder if it's possible to use open-vm-tools for that.
> 

Yes, it should be possible to use open vm tools to get guestinfo data. I 
believe at minimum you need to have guestinfo plugin running.

I do not believe we have ever tried to reduce the tools build to something 
that is absolutely required to retrieve guestinfo data, though.

Thanks,
Dmitry


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