Create new file [ /etc/yum.repos.d/vmware-tools.repo ] which contains

[vmware-tools]
name=VMware Tools
baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.1latest/rhel6/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

 

Then import the the vmware certificate

# rpm –import http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-DSA-KEY.pub
# rpm –import http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub

 

 

Install vmware-tools

# yum install vmware-tools-esx-nox