Specifications

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disabledevice <device
name>
Disables the specified device or devices in the virtual
machine. If no device is specified, then all removable
devices in the virtual machine are disabled.
Note: You can also disable devices from the VM >
Removable Devices menu in the virtual machine
console window.
enabledevice <device name> Enables the specified device or devices in the virtual
machine. If no device is specified, then all removable
devices in the virtual machine are enabled.
Note: You can also enable devices from the VM >
Removable Devices menu in the virtual machine
console window.
synctime [on|off] Lets you turn on or off time synchronization between
the guest operating system and the host operating
system. By default, time synchronization is turned off.
Use this command without any options to view the
current time synchronization status.
You can synchronize the time in the guest operating
system with time on the host operating system only
when the time in the guest operating system is earlier
than the time set in the host.
idle [on|off] Lets you turn on or off the CPU idler. By default, the idler
is turned on. The CPU idler program is included in
VMware Tools for NetWare guests.
The idler program is needed because NetWare servers
do not idle the processor when the operating system is
idle. As a result, a virtual machine takes processor time
from the host regardless of whether the NetWare server
software is idle or busy.
vmwtool Command Definition