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theist
Asked: 2011-02-07 23:01:33 +0800 CST

Get CLI in vmware-server like xm console

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Is there a way to get a command line prompt to a hosted virtual machine in vmware server like xm console <name> does in Xen?

I know the graphic UI to conect to vmware-servers but I'm under low latency ssh only access and I need something more "text friendly"

virtualization vmware-server command-line-interface

4 Answers

  1. http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/

    The vSphere Command-Line Interface (vSphere CLI) command set allows you to run common system administration commands against ESX/ESXi systems from any machine with network access to those systems.

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  2. Try this: http://labs.vmware.com/flings/vgc

    VGC will let you run commands in guests. Have tried it on Windows guests, but not on Linux.

    Let us know if it works for you.

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  3. Obviously it depends on the guest OS but if it's a *nix variant couldn't you just SSH/Telnet/RDP into it or use powershell if it's Windows?

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  4. If you have VMware tools installed in the guest OS, the API will let you invoke commands. For instance, the VMware PowerCLI command is Invoke-VmScript. vMA might have one as well.

    Side note: VMware Server is EOL 2011/06/30.

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