命令行控制VMWare

虚机安装在windows的机器上，以下操作在windows的command,虚机为Linux

1 vmrun所在的目录：

和VMWARE的安装目录同级，有个vmrun.exe，主要用来控制vmware的命令

2 启动vmware的某一台虚机：

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Server>vmrun -T server -h https://localhost
:8333/sdk -u Administrator -p Netf1n1ty start "C:\Virtual Machines\dir2go\Red Ha
t Enterprise Linux 5.vmx" gui
Error: Cannot open VM: C:\Virtual Machines\dir2go\Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.vmx
, The virtual machine cannot be found

常见的问题是找不到vm machine

我安装的vmware的版本是

VMware Infrastructure Web AccessVersion 2.0.0Build 128374
VMware ServerVersion 2.0.1Build 156745

首先利用命令查看VM的list

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Server>vmrun -T server -h https://localhost
:8333/sdk -u Administrator -p password listRegisteredVM
Total registered VMs: 2
[Dir2GoFactory] BuildGetter/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.vmx
[standard] dir2go/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.vmx

然后启动某个VM：

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Server>vmrun -T server -h https://localhost
:8333/sdk -u Administrator -p password start "[standard] dir2go/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.vmx" nogui

停止：

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Server>vmrun -T server -h https://localhost
:8333/sdk -u Administrator -p Netf1n1ty start "[standard] dir2go/Red Hat Enterpr
ise Linux 5.vmx" nogui

3在虚机上运行命令：runProgramInGuest

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Server>vmrun -T server -h https://localhost
:8333/sdk -u Administrator -p password-gu root -gp password2 runProgramInGuest

  "[standard] dir2go/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.vmx" " /root/cpcheck.sh"

4 删除guest机器上的文件：deleteFileInGuest

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Server>vmrun -T server -h https://localhost
:8333/sdk -u Administrator -p Netf1n1ty -gu root -gp Netf1n1ty deleteFileInGuest
  "[standard] dir2go/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.vmx" "test.txt"

5 从host机器拷贝文件到guest：

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Server>vmrun -T server -h https://localhost
:8333/sdk -u Administrator -p Netf1n1ty -gu root -gp Netf1n1ty copyFileFromHostT
oGuest "[standard] dir2go/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.vmx" "C:\reset.log" /root/re
set.log"

runProgramInGuest是指运行Guest机器中的可执行程序，格式为：
vmrun -gu user -gp psw runProgramInGuest notepad
而runScriptInGuest则是运行一段脚本，该命令需要指出脚本解释器的路径以及脚本内容(注意是内容)，如下：
vmrun -gu user -gp psw runScriptInGuest D:\\Windows7\"Win7.vmx" C:\\Perl\\bin\\Perl.exe print "hello"
上述命令指出了Perl解释器的路径，并给出脚本的内容，所以会在Guest机器的Console上输出一句hello