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1.Get system patched up to current
yum update

2.Install gcc and kernel-devel
yum install gcc kernel-devel

3.Make sure the running kernel and the kernel headers match
uname -r # displays the running kernel number
rpm -q kernel-devel # installed kernel headers version

4.If they don't match then upgrade both
yum upgrade kernel kernel-devel

5.Choose Install VMWare Tools from the VMWare Workstation “VM” Menu

6.Extract VMWare Tools from the virtual CD to the /tmp folder
tar -C /tmp -zxvf /media/VMWare Tools/VMwareTools-7.8.4-126130.tar.gz

7.Run the installer script, take all the defaults
/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl

8.Once installation is finished start the vmware-user daemon, log off and back on
vmware-user
logout

9.In VMWare Workstation go to “View” and choose “Fit Guest Now”

Found this on the VMWare Forums and thought I'd put it here for safekeeping (HT oharaldsen)

yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel xinetd
yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Legacy Software Development"
reboot
Install VMWare Tools 'From Client'
mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom
tar -xvf VMwareTools-3.5.0-64607.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl 'Just press enter on all selections'
reboot

If you run the rpm install of using the tarball change the install script to /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl

Thanks to my friend Matt for sending me this video. Thoughts of a belt driven nerf gun are dancing in my head now.