This is a HOWTO for installing VMware Tools on Centos 6.x.
Update your system so the kernel headers/devel will match your system:
yum update
Install the VMware tools prerequisites:
yum install make gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers glibc-headers perl
Reboot the server:
shutdown -r now
Mount the VMware Tools CD (after inserting it into the VM)
mkdir /media/cdrom mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
Copy the install bundle from the CD and extract it.
cp /media/cdrom/VMware-Tools*.tar.gz /root cd /root tar xvfz VMwareTools*.tar.gz
Run the installer, default on all prompts works fine.
cd /root/vmware-tools-distrib ./vmware-install.pl
Reboot the server.
shutdown -r now
Source: http://mondotech.blogspot.nl/2012/05/install-vmware-tools-on-rhel-6-centos-6.html