{"id":3188,"date":"2014-06-16T23:49:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T15:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmohan.com\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2014-06-16T23:49:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T15:49:18","slug":"vm-operations-in-esxi-4-1-esxi-5-5-command-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/?p=3188","title":{"rendered":"VM Operations in ESXi 4.1 ESXi 5.5 Command Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

List all the VMs running on the host:<\/span>

~ # vim-cmd vmsvc\/getallvms<\/span>
Vmid \u00a0 \u00a0 Name \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0File \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Guest OS \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Version \u00a0 Annotation<\/span>
612 \u00a0 \u00a0vm_name1 \u00a0 \u00a0[datastore] vm_name1\/vm_name1.vmx \u00a0 \u00a0 rhel6_64Guest \u00a0 vmx-10<\/span>
633 \u00a0 \u00a0vm_name2 \u00a0 \u00a0[datastore] vm_name2\/vm_name2.vmx \u00a0 \u00a0 rhel6_64Guest \u00a0 vmx-10<\/span>
646 \u00a0 \u00a0vm_name3 \u00a0 \u00a0[datastore] vm_name3\/vm_name3.vmx \u00a0 \u00a0 rhel6_64Guest \u00a0 vmx-10<\/span>
647 \u00a0 \u00a0vm_name4 \u00a0 \u00a0[datastore] vm_name4\/vm_name4.vmx \u00a0 \u00a0 rhel6_64Guest \u00a0 vmx-10<\/span>
664 \u00a0 \u00a0vm_name5 \u00a0 \u00a0[datastore] vm_name5\/vm_name5.vmx \u00a0 \u00a0 rhel6_64Guest \u00a0 vmx-10<\/span>


To poweroff a VM<\/span>

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vim-cmd vmsvc\/power.off 612 \u00a0 #here 612 is a vim id<\/span>


To poweron a VM<\/span>

vim-cmd vmsvc\/power.on 612 \u00a0 #here 612 is a vim id<\/span>

There are somany commands you can use are as below:<\/span>

Commands available under\u00a0<\/span>vmsvc\/<\/span>:<\/span>
acquiremksticket \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 get.snapshotinfo<\/span>
acquireticket \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0get.spaceNeededForConsolidation<\/span>
connect \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 get.summary<\/span>
convert.toTemplate \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0get.tasklist<\/span>
convert.toVm \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 getallvms<\/span>
createdummyvm \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 gethostconstraints<\/span>
destroy \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0login<\/span>
device.connection \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0logout<\/span>
device.connusbdev \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0message<\/span>
device.disconnusbdev \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 power.getstate<\/span>
device.diskadd \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 power.hibernate<\/span>
device.diskaddexisting \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 power.off<\/span>
device.diskremove \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0power.on<\/span>
device.getdevices \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0power.reboot<\/span>
device.toolsSyncSet \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0power.reset<\/span>
device.vmiadd \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 power.shutdown<\/span>
device.vmiremove \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0power.suspend<\/span>
devices.createnic \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 power.suspendResume<\/span>
disconnect \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0queryftcompat<\/span>
get.capability \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 reload<\/span>
get.config \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0setscreenres<\/span>
get.config.cpuidmask \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0snapshot.create<\/span>
get.configoption \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 snapshot.dumpoption<\/span>
get.datastores \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0snapshot.get<\/span>
get.disabledmethods \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 snapshot.remove<\/span>
get.environment \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0snapshot.removeall<\/span>
get.filelayout \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0snapshot.revert<\/span>
get.filelayoutex \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0snapshot.setoption<\/span>
get.guest \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 tools.cancelinstall<\/span>
get.guestheartbeatStatus \u00a0 \u00a0tools.install<\/span>
get.managedentitystatus \u00a0 \u00a0 tools.upgrade<\/span>
get.networks \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 unregister<\/span>
get.runtime \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 upgrade<\/span>

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List all the VMs running on the host:~ # vim-cmd vmsvc\/getallvmsVmid Name File Guest OS Version Annotation612 vm_name1 [datastore] vm_name1\/vm_name1.vmx rhel6_64Guest vmx-10633 vm_name2 [datastore] vm_name2\/vm_name2.vmx rhel6_64Guest vmx-10646 vm_name3 [datastore] vm_name3\/vm_name3.vmx rhel6_64Guest vmx-10647 vm_name4 [datastore] vm_name4\/vm_name4.vmx rhel6_64Guest vmx-10664 vm_name5 [datastore] vm_name5\/vm_name5.vmx rhel6_64Guest vmx-10To poweroff a VMvim-cmd vmsvc\/power.off 612 #here 612 is a vim idTo poweron a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3190,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188\/revisions\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}