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VMware Server User’s Guide
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3Furthercustomizethisstartupscriptsothatitusesthestringtheserviceretrieved
duringstartuptosetthevirtualmachine’snetworknametoW2KVManditsIP
addressto148.30.16.24.
4Placethisstringinthescriptbeforethecommandtostartthenetworkservices.
Ifyouareusinga
Windows2000guestoperatingsystem,forexample,youcancall
theNetShellutility(netsh)andpassitthecontentsofthestring,whichusesthe
stringaccordingly.Thatis,itcansetanewIPaddressforthevirtualmachine,if
thatiswhatwaspassedinthestringoriginally.
Passing Information Between the Guest and Another Program
TheVMwareToolsserviceallowsyoutouseVMwareprogrammaticinterfacesto
managevirtualmachinesfromyourownindependentprogramsandfromexisting
frameworksdevelopedbypartnersandthirdparties.
FormoreinformationabouttheVMwareInfrastructureSDK,gototheVMwareAPIs
andSDKsDocumentationpageoftheVMwareWeb
site.
Using the VMware Tools Command-Line Interface
TheVMwareToolscommandlineinterfaceenablesyoutodothefollowing:
ConfiguretimesynchronizationinyourLinuxguestoperatingsystemwithout
runningX.
InstallanduninstallVMwareTools,determinetheversion,andsoon.
To use the VMware Tools command-line interface
1Intheguestoperatingsystem,changetothedirectorythatcontainsthe
VMware Toolsdaemon.
Dependingontheoperatingsystem,thenameanddefaultlocationofthedaemon
areasfollows:
OnMicrosoftWindowssystems,thedaemoniscalledVMwareService.exe
andthelocationis:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareService.exe
OnUNIXsystems,thedaemoniscalledvmware-guestd.Thelocationof
vmware-guestddependsonthedirectorythatyouspecifiedatthetimeof
installation.Thedefaultlocationis:
/usr/sbin/vmware-guestd