{"id":6186,"date":"2015-08-10T09:05:02","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T01:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=6186"},"modified":"2015-08-10T09:05:02","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T17:05:02","slug":"rhel-7-open-vm-tools-and-guest-customization-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=6186","title":{"rendered":"RHEL 7, open-vm-tools, and guest customization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RHEL 7, open-vm-tools, and guest customization<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1PgPHzO' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/d3utlhu53nfcwz.cloudfront.net\/171901\/cdnImage\/article\/940e2744-4538-4b14-b84f-d2b9b30b9384\/?size=Box320'><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1PgPHzO' style='text-decoration: none;' target='_blank'>RHEL 7, open-vm-tools, and guest customization<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>I spent some time this weekend working with vCloud Director 5.5.4 build 2831206 (on vSphere 6) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux vApp\/guest customization. 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