How to Install VMWare Tools on CentOS 7

Prerequisites

yum install perl gcc make kernel-headers kernel-devel -y

Attach VMware tools

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
cd /mnt
cp VMwareTools-*.tar.gz /tmp
cd /tmp
tar xzvf VMwareTools-*.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
umount /mnt
reboot

Check

vmware-toolbox-cmd -v