To find out the VMware Server version on a Linux server, you can use the vmware-installer command.
First, make sure that the vmware-installer command is available on your system. You can check if it is installed by running the following command:
which vmware-installer
If the vmware-installer command is not found, you will need to install it. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop
This will install the vmware-installer command on a Debian or Ubuntu system. On other systems, you may need to use a different package manager or install the open-vm-tools package from the package repository.
Once the vmware-installer command is available, you can use it to find out the VMware Server version by running the following command:
vmware-installer -l
This will list all VMware products that are installed on your system, including VMware Server. The version number will be listed next to the product name.
For example, the output might look like this:
vmware-server 2.0.2
This indicates that VMware Server 2.0.2 is installed on the system.
Keep in mind that VMware Server has reached its end of life and is no longer supported. It is recommended to use a newer version of VMware or a different virtualization platform.