Sunday, February 5, 2012

ESXi/ESX cmd for VM's

ESXi VMX files

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off vmid
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on vmid
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.reboot vmid
vim-cmd solo/registervm  name.vmx

vmfsktools -D name.vmx would show you the MAC address of NIC associated 


ESX cmd:
vmware-cmd  /vmname.vmx  getstate
vmware-cmd  /vmname.vmx  reboot
vmware-cmd  /vmname.vmx  start
vmware-cmd  /vmname.vmx  shutdown
vmware-cmd  /vmname.vmx  suspend
vmware-cmd  /vmname.vmx  hassnapshot (Query if VM has snapshot)
vmware-cmd  createsnaspshot nameofvm quiesce memory
vmware-cmd  /vmname.vmx  revertsnapshot
vmware-cmd  /vmname.vmx  removesnapshots
vmware-cmd  -s register /vmname.vmx   
vmware-cmd  -s unregister /vmname.vmx 




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