This virtual driver enables 32-bit displays, high display resolution, and faster graphics performance.

NSX Network Introspection Driver: The Network Introspection driver supports NSX for vSphere Activity Monitoring.

This strategy avoids resource bottlenecks and optimizes memory use.

NSX File Introspection Driver: The File Introspection driver uses the hypervisor to perform antivirus scans without a bulky agent.

When you install VMware Tools, by default, the Guest Introspection drivers are not installed. You can install the two drivers separately. The two Guest Introspection drivers are the File Introspection driver and the Network Introspection driver. You need to install the component manually. However, VMware Tools cannot install the AppDefense component automatically. AppDefense agent can be installed on the guest virtual machine using the VMware Tools installer. VMware Tools installation include the VMware AppDefense, a security management and monitoring solution. Note: VMCI driver cannot be disabled as the VMware Tools System service functionality is dependent on this driver.

If the user had disabled this VMCI driver in the setup settings during a previous installation, VMware Tools automatically re-installs VMCI driver during the upgrade.

VMCI driver is installed by default as part of VMware Tools installation. Developers can write client-server applications to the VMCI Sock (vsock) interface to make use of the VMCI virtual device. The Virtual Machine Communication Interface driver supports fast and efficient communication between virtual machines and the hosts they run on. The following device drivers can be included with VMware Tools.

For detailed information about the features or functionality of these drivers, including configuration requirements, best practices, and performance, see the documentation for your VMware product. The set of drivers that are installed when you install VMware Tools depends on the guest operating system and the VMware product. You can select the drivers to be installed while performing a custom VMware Tools installation or reinstallation. Device drivers improve sound, graphics, networking, and storage performance.

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