Vmware 2.0 : CLI management utility

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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