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Do note that no additional repository is no longer needed!

yum -y install open-vm-tools

to start open-vm-tools just type the following command:

systemctl start vmtoolsd.service

service vmtoolsd start

As a side now, the new iteration also supports Paravirtual SCSI driver and VMXNet3 out of the box without installing open-vm-tools and thus is really recommended to use them for performance gain.

To enable open-vm-tools at startup, use the following command:

systemctl enable vmtoolsd.service

chkconfig vmtoolsd on