vmware tips

On slackware, sometimes vmware-hostd doesn't start properly. You must:

1. stop apache:

   # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop

2. stop vmware and httpd.vmware, and make sure they are stopped:

   # /etc/init.d/vmware stop
   # /etc/init.d/http.vmware stop
   # ps ax |grep vmware

3. then run: <code># vmware-hostd -a -d -u /etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml</code>
4. start just vmware (not the web interface):

   # /etc/init.d/vmware start

5. start apache:

   # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start

6. you now should start VMs from the cli start the vms from the cli

To start VMs from the commandline, do the following:

1. get a list of all the VMs:

   # vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms

2. power on a VM:

   # vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 16

3. some other commands:

   # vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/get.summary
   # vmware-vim-cmd help vms