You can run the vmware command on a Linux or Windows host system. You can type the command in a Linux terminal window or at the Windows command prompt. You can also create scripts to run multiple commands.
Procedure
- To run the vmware command on a Linux host system, use the following syntax.
/usr/bin/vmware [-n] [-x] [-X] [-t] [-q] [-s
variable_name
=
value
] [-v] [
path_to_vm
.vmx] [http[s]://
path_to_vm
.vmx] [X toolkit options]
- To run the vmware command on a Windows host system, use the following syntax.
C:\Program Files(x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe [-n] [-x] [-X] [-t] [-q] [-s
variable_name
=
value
] [-v] [
path_to_vm
.vmx] [http[s]://
path_to_vm
.vmx]