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Contents
AboutThisBook 5
UsingvmruntoControlVirtualMachines 7
AboutthevmrunUtility 7
PowerCommands 7
SnapshotCommands 7
GuestOperatingSystemCommands 7
MaintenanceCommands 8
VProbesCommands 8
Limitations 8
SettingUpvmrun 8
HowtoGetvmrun 8
LinuxSetup 8
WindowsSetup 9
MacOSXSetup 9
SpecifyingtheVMwareProductPlatform 9
EncryptedVirtualMachines 9
GuestOperations 9
RunningHostedPlatformsLocally 9
RunningVMwarevSphereRemotely 10
RunningVMwareServerRemotely 10
VirtualMachineRunReference 10
PathtoVMXFi
le 10
DisablingDialogBoxes 11
SyntaxofvmrunCommands 11
ExamplesofUsingvmrun 15
RebootCommands 15
PowerCommands 15
SnapshotCommands 16
RunningGuestApplications 16
GuesttoHostFileOperations 17
GuestVariablesandEnvironment 17
MaintenanceCommands 18
Index 19