Useful command Line Options for VMWare Management console

Useful command Line Options:

1) List path and names of registered VM on the present host
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd -l
/vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx
/vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName2/VMName2.vmx

2) Get the power status of VM
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx getstate
getstate() = on
or
getstate() = off
getstate() = suspended
getstate() = stuck

3) Restart VM
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx reset trysoft

4) Start VM
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx start

5) Shutdown VM
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx stop trysoft
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx stop hard

6) Suspend VM
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx suspend

7) Check VM snapshot
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx hassnapshot

8) Create VM Snapshot
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx createsnapshot name description quiesce memory

9) Revert to Previous snapshot
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx revertsnapshot

10) Remove previously created snapshots
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx removesnapshots

11) Register VM
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd -s register /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx 

12) Unregister VM
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd -s unregister /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx 

13) Answer
[root@vesxsrv ~]#vmware-cmd /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/VMName/VMName.vmx answer