vmrun

Command Line Application

VMware Workstation includes a separate application, vmrun, for operating teams or virtual machines from the command line.

VMware Workstation includes a separate application, vmrun, for operating teams or virtual machines from the command line.

To launch the vmrun application, from the command prompt, enter:

vmrun COMMAND [OPTION]

 

Valid vmrun commands and options are described in the following table:

 
Command Description Option
list Lists all running virtual machines. None
start Start a virtual machine or team. [Path to .vmx file (virtual machine)]or[Path to .vmtm file (team)]
stop Stop a virtual machine or team. [Path to.vmx file (virtual machine)]or[Path to.vmtm file (team)]
reset Reset a virtual machine or team. [Path to.vmx file (virtual machine)]or[Path to.vmtm file (team)]
suspend Suspend a virtual machine or team. [Path to.vmx file (virtual machine)]or[Path to.vmtm file (team)]
upgradevm Upgrade a virtual machine to the current Workstation version. [Path to.vmx file]
installtools Install VMware Tools in the guest operating system. In Windows guests, the VMware Tools installer runs automatically. In Linux guests, this command connects the virtual machine's virtual CD-ROM drive to the VMware Tools ISO image for that guest, but the installer does not start automatically: you must complete the installation with additional manual steps, as described in VMware Tools for Linux Guests. [Path to.vmx file]
snapshot Create a snapshot of a virtual machine [Path to.vmx file]
[snapshot name]
listSnapshots List all snapshots in a virtual machine [Path to.vmx file]
deleteSnapshot Remove a snapshot from a virtual machine [Path to.vmx file]
[snapshot name]
revertToSnapshot Go to a snapshot in a virtual machine.If a snapshot has a unique name within a virtual machine, you can revert to that snapshot simply by specifying the path to the virtual machine's configuration file and the snapshot name:
[Path to .vmx file][snapshot name]If several snapshots have the same name, you can still specify a snapshot by including a "pathname" for the snapshot name. A pathname is a series of snapshot names, separated by forward slash characters ("/"). Each name specifies a different snapshot in the tree, and together the names in a pathname will specify a path from the root snapshot to the snapshot you are naming.

For example, suppose you include the pathname "snap1/snap2". This will identify a snapshot named "snap2" that was taken from the state of a root snapshot named "snap1".

Because the forward slash can be used in a pathname to specify a particular snapshot in the revertToSnapshot command, it is recommended that you avoid using the slash character when you name a snapshot, since this will make it difficult for you to predict which snapshot a pathname will identify.

[Path to.vmx file]
[snapshot name]or[Path to.vmx file]
[snapshot name1/
snapshot name2]

 

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