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Using vmrun to Control Virtual Machines
Using vmrun to Control Virtual Machines
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Contents
About This Book 3
Using vmrun to Control Virtual Machines 5
About the vmrun Utility 5
Power Commands 5
Snapshot Commands 5
Record and Replay Commands 5
Guest Operating System Commands 6
Maintenance Commands 6
VProbes Commands 6
Setting Up vmrun on Windows 6
Setting Up vmrun on Linux 6
Setting Up vmrun on Mac OS X 7
Flags to Specify Virtual Machine Type 7
Virtual Machine Run Syntax 7
Path to VMX File 8
Using vmrun Commands 8
Disabling Dialog Boxes 11
Examples of Using vmrun 12
Reboot Commands 12
Power Commands 12
Snapshot Commands 12
Record and Replay Commands 13
Running Guest Applications 13
Guest-Host File Operations 14
Maintenance Commands 14
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Title: Using vmrun to Control Virtual Machines
Subject: The vmrun command-line utility can power virtual machines on and off, and provides many commands for guest operations.
Keywords: start, stop, reset, suspend, snapshot, record, replay, shared folders, clone, list
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