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Thismanual,Usingvmrunto Control Virtual Machines,documentsthevmrunutility,whichhelpsyoumanagea
collectionofvirtualmachinesonaVMware®host.
Revision History
Thisbookisrevisedwitheachreleaseoftheproductorwhennecessary.Arevisedversioncancontainminor
ormajorchanges.Table 1summarizesthesignificantchangesineachversionofthisguide.
Intended Audience
Thisbookisintendedfordevelopersandsystemadministratorswhowanttocontrolguestvirtualmachines
onvariousVMwareproductplatforms.SupportedplatformsincludeVMwareWorkstation,VMwarePlayer, 
VMwareFusion®,andVMwarevSphere™(ESX™/ESXihostswithvCenter™Server).
ThevmrunutilityisassociatedwiththeVIXAPI.OnsomeVMwareplatformproducts,yo
umustinstallthe
VIXlibrariesbeforeyoucanusevmrun.
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oftermsastheyareusedinVMwaretechnicaldocumentationgotohttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
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Table 1. Revision History
Revision Description
2012‐10‐04 FortheVIXAPI1.12release.AddedcreateTempFileInGuestcommand.ChangedFusioninstalllocation.
2011‐04‐21 FortheVIXAPI1.11release,whichsupportedvSphere5.0,Workstation8.0,andFusion4.0.
2010‐07‐19 FortheVIXAPI1.10release,whichsupportedvSphere4.1,Workstation7.1,andFusion3.1.
2009‐10‐20 Forth
eVIXAPI1.8release,whichsupportedVMwareWorkstation7.0,Player3.0,andVMwareFusion3.0.
2009‐09‐09 FortheVIXAPI1.7release,whichprovidedsupportforESX/ESXihostsandVMwarevSphere4.
2008‐12‐31 NewinformationaboutnullinterpreterforRunScriptInGuestonWindows.
2008‐08‐15 MoreexamplesforVMwareServer2.
0RC2andWorkstation6.5RC.
2008‐07‐24 Initialrelease,includingsupportforVMwareFusiononIntel‐basedMacintoshOSXhosts.
2008‐06‐23 InitialdraftfortheVMwareServer2.0RC1andWorkstation6.5Beta2releases.