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Guest Operations
Guest operations require authentication by the guest operating system.
Use the following flags to specify the user name and password of the user in the guest operating
system.
-gu guestUser
-gp guestPassword
Running vmrun Commands
The vmrun commands have syntax and other requirements that you must follow.
Path to VMX File
VMware stores virtual machines as a package that includes the virtual machine settings file,
filename .vmx, and the virtual disks.
When required, you must provide the path to the .vmx file. The examples that follow are of
default paths to Windows and Linux virtual machine for Mac OS X, OS X, or macOS.
Unless you specify a file location for a virtual machine when you create it, Fusion saves the virtual
machine package to a default location, which can vary. See Default File Location of a Virtual
Machine.
Examples of the vmrun command include the relative path to the .vmx file instead of the absolute
paths that follow.
n your home directory /Virtual\ Machines.localized/Win10.vmwarevm/Win10.vmx
n your home directory /Virtual\ Machines.localized/Ubuntu16.vmwarevm/Ubuntu16.vmx
Important For vmrun commands that require VMware Tools, install the latest VMware Tools
package and, especially after operating system updates, keep VMware Tools up‐to‐date.
Disabling Dialog Boxes
To prevent the vmrun utility from failing when you provide user input through a dialog box, you
can disable dialog boxes.
The vmrun utility might time out and fail when you use the utility on a virtual machine that
requires user input through a dialog box.
To disable dialog boxes, insert the following line in the virtual machine configuration file, the .vmx
file.
msg.autoAnswer = TRUE
Syntax of vmrun Commands
The vmrun commands are divided into function categories.
Using VMware Fusion
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