When you want to run a VMWare Server 2.0 Virtual Machine hosted on a remote Linux box these commands might come in handy.
# list your currently running VM's vmrun -h http://localhost:8222/sdk -P 902 -T server -u yourvmadminuser -p 'yourvmadminpassword' list Total running VMs: 0 # list the VM's you have registered with VMWare Server 2.0 vmrun -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -T server -u yourvmadminuser -p 'yourvmadminpassword' listRegisteredVM Total registered VMs: 4 [standard] Windows XP Professional 2/Windows XP Professional 2.vmx [standard] Ubuntu 8.10 Server/Ubuntu 8.10 Server.vmx # Identify the one you want to start [standard] Ubuntu 9.04 JeOS/Ubuntu 9.04 JeOS.vmx [standard] smallLinux/smallLinux.vmx # Issue the start command sudo vmrun -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -T server -u yourvmadminuser -p 'yourvmadminpassword' start '[standard] Ubuntu 9.04 JeOS/Ubuntu 9.04 JeOS.vmx' # Check it's running vmrun -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -T server -u yourvmadminuser -p 'yourvmadminpassword' list Total running VMs: 1 [standard] Ubuntu 9.04 JeOS/Ubuntu 9.04 JeOS.vmx
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