---
name: "vmci"
section: "9"
platform: "linux"
package: "open-vm-tools"
version: "2:8.8.0+2012.05.21-724730-1+nmu2+deb7u1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/vmci/9"
---

# vmci(9)

vmware kernel module

## NAME

vmci - vmware kernel module

## SYNOPSIS

modprobe vmci

## DESCRIPTION

This is a Linux kernel device driver module that drives VMware's inter-VM communication device. The device itself is backed by a PCI-based virtual hardware implementation, so hotplug or udev should load it at guest boot time in any VMs using hardware version 7.

## OPTIONS

vmci has no options.

## SEE ALSO

[*vmware-checkvm*(1)](/man/vmware-checkvm/1.md)\
 [*vmware-hgfsclient*(1)](/man/vmware-hgfsclient/1.md)\
 [*vmware-toolbox*(1)](/man/vmware-toolbox/1.md)\
 [*vmware-toolbox-cmd*(1)](/man/vmware-toolbox-cmd/1.md)\
 [*vmware-user*(1)](/man/vmware-user/1.md)\
 [*vmware-xferlogs*(1)](/man/vmware-xferlogs/1.md)\
 [*libguestlib*(3)](/man/libguestlib/3.md)\
 [*libvmtools*(3)](/man/libvmtools/3.md)\
 [*vmware-guestd*(8)](/man/vmware-guestd/8.md)\
 [*vmware-hgfsmounter*(8)](/man/vmware-hgfsmounter/8.md)\
 [*vmware-user-suid-wrapper*(8)](/man/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/8.md)\
 [*vmblock*(9)](/man/vmblock/9.md)\
 [*vmhgfs*(9)](/man/vmhgfs/9.md)\
 [*vmmemctl*(9)](/man/vmmemctl/9.md)\
 [*vmsock*(9)](/man/vmsock/9.md)\
 [*vmsync*(9)](/man/vmsync/9.md)\
 [*vmxnet*(9)](/man/vmxnet/9.md)\
 [*vmxnet3*(9)](/man/vmxnet3/9.md)

## HOMEPAGE

More information about vmci and the Open VM Tools can be found at \<*http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/*\>.

## AUTHOR

Open VM Tools were written by VMware, Inc. \<*http://www.vmware.com/*\>.

This manual page was put together from homepage materials by Daniel Baumann \<*daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net*\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).