Start VM on ESX with vim-cmd

Andres Bohren

2013-10-27

Hallo zusammen,

Kürzlich musste ich eine VM über die Commandline starten. Wie das geht steht im folgenden Blog Artikel

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1038043

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate [VmId]
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on [VmId]
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off [VmId]
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.suspend [VmId]
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.reset [VmId]
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown [VmId]
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.reboot [VmId]

Grüsse

Andres Bohren

Works as a Microsoft Cloud Engineer/Architect for midsize to large Enterprises. He has a special focus on M365 including Identity, Messaging, Communication, Security and PowerShell but also Azure Technologies. He is Co-Organisator of the <Microsoft 365 Community Schweiz> Meetup group and was Speaker at several other Meetups.