I'm sure this must have been asked before, but I can't find it anywhere on the internet... What I want to do is to have our guest update the "Guest OS" field that is displayed in the VMware client. The idea is we can display our product name, and most importantly, the version. This would make automation etc for our users (some who may have many instances of our stuff) a whole lot easier as they can then do everything from their tools.
Is this something that is possible? If not, is there some other way we can get information from the guest into the host about itself that is visible from the client (or just the API worst case, but the client would be ideal).
Thoughts?