lunedì 18 marzo 2013

VMWARE Powering on a virtual machine from the command line

ESXi 5.0

To power on a virtual machine from the command line:
  1. List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms |grep
    Note: The first column of the output shows the vmid.

  2. Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate
  3. Power-on the virtual machine with the command:
    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on

ESXi 4.1

To power on a virtual machine from the command line:
  1. List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms |grep

    Note: The first column of the output shows the vmid.
  2. Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate
  3. Power-on the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on

ESXi 4.0

To power on a virtual machine from the command line:
  1. List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command:

    vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms |grep
    Note: The first column of the output shows the vmid.
  2. Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command:

    vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate
  3. Power on the virtual machine with the command:

    vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on

ESX 4.0 and ESX 4.1

To power on a virtual machine from the command line:
  1. To list the path of all the virtual machines on the host:

    vmware-cmd -l
  2. Get the state of the virtual machine with the command:

    vmware-cmd getstate
  3. Power on the virtual machine with the command:

    vmware-cmd start

ESXi 3.5

To power on a virtual machine from the command line:
  1. List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms |grep
  2. Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate
  3. Power on the virtual machine with the command:

    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on

ESX 3.5

To power on a virtual machine from the command line:
  1. To list the path of all the virtual machines on the host:

    vmware-cmd -l
  2. Get the state of the virtual machine with the command:

    vmware-cmd getstate
  3. Power on the virtual machine with the command:

    vmware-cmd start