How to enable copy&paste between virtual machine and host?

copy&paste is disabled by default, but you can enable it for the VM:

1. Log in to a vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client and power off the virtual machine.
2. Select the virtual machine and click the Summary tab.
3. Click Edit Settings.
4. Navigate to Options > Advanced > General and click Configuration Parameters.
5. Click Add Row.
6. Type these values in the Name and Value columns:

Name                            Value
isolation.tools.copy.disable    FALSE
isolation.tools.paste.disable   FALSE