List all Virtual guests running on vmware server:
[root@foo-vm12 bin]# /usr/vmware/bin/vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
Vmid Name File Guest OS Version
112 win67dl [standard] win67dl/win67dl.vmx winNetEnterpriseGuest vmx-07
128 win68dl [standard] win68dl/win68dl.vmx winNetEnterpriseGuest vmx-07
16 win73dl [standard] win73dl/win73dl.vmx winXPProGuest vmx-07
32 win74dl [standard] win74dl/win74dl.vmx winXPProGuest vmx-07
48 win75dl [standard] win75dl/win75dl.vmx winXPProGuest vmx-07
[root@foo-vm12 bin]#
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Get the information of a guest :
[root@foo-vm12 bin]# /usr/vmware/bin/vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/get.guest 128
Guest information:
(vim.vm.GuestInfo) {
dynamicType = <unset>,
toolsStatus = “toolsOk”,
toolsVersion = “116503”,
guestId = “winNetEnterpriseGuest”,
…
hostName = “win68dl”,
ipAddress = “164.81.69.100”,
net = (vim.vm.GuestInfo.NicInfo) [
(vim.vm.GuestInfo.NicInfo) {
dynamicType = <unset>,
…
deviceConfigId = 4000,
}
],
disk = (vim.vm.GuestInfo.DiskInfo) [
(vim.vm.GuestInfo.DiskInfo) {
…
guestState = “running”,
}
[root@foo-vm12 bin]#
Get detailed configuration of the guest, using “vmsvc/get.config”.
[root@foo-vm12 bin]# /usr/vmware/bin/vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/get.config 128
Configuration:
(vim.vm.ConfigInfo) {
dynamicType = <unset>,
changeVersion = “2008-11-14T18:10:02.621749Z”,
modified = “1970-01-01T00:00:00Z”,
name = “win68dl”,
version = “vmx-07”,
instanceUuid = “”,
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Get power state of a virtual machine:
[root@foo-vm12 bin]# /usr/vmware/bin/vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 128
Retrieved runtime info
Powered on
[root@foo-vm12 bin]#
Power off a virtual machine :
[root@foo-vm12 bin]# /usr/vmware/bin/vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off 128
Powered off
[root@foo-vm12 bin]#
Power on a virtual machine :
[root@foo-vm12 bin]# /usr/vmware/bin/vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 128
Powered on
[root@foo-vm12 bin]#
The commands – “power.off power.on power.reboot power.reset power.shutdown” are used for power management.
Get network information of a virtual machine :
[root@foo-vm12 bin]# /usr/vmware/bin/vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/get.networks 128
Networks:
(vim.Network.Summary) {
dynamicType = <unset>,
network = ‘vim.Network:HaNetwork-Bridged’,
name = “Bridged”,
accessible = true,
ipConfig = (vim.Network.IpConfigInfo) null,
}
To destroy (delete) a VM:
This command stops a vm and unregisters it.
[root@foo-vm12 bin]# /usr/vmware/bin/vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/destroy 128
Deleted.
[root@foo-vm12 bin]#
To know about the Vmware server information :
[root@foo-vm12 bin]# /usr/vmware/bin/vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/hostconfig
(vim.host.ConfigInfo) {
dynamicType = <unset>,
host = ‘vim.HostSystem:ha-host’,
product = (vim.AboutInfo) {
dynamicType = <unset>,
name = “VMware Server”,
fullName = “VMware Server 2.0.0 “,
vendor = “VMware, Inc.”,
version = “2.0.0”,
build = “116503”,
localeVersion = “INTL”,
localeBuild = “000”,
osType = “linux-x64”,
productLineId = “gsx”,
apiType = “HostAgent”,
apiVersion = “2.5u2server”,
}
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