Issue - vmrun - Running with -vp encryptedVirtualMachinePassword

ansred — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 23:03:34 GMT

Greetings,

I am trying to have a .bat file to run a workstation via command line.

It works fine with running unencrypted VM.

Example:

off echo Running Win 11 headless SETLOCAL SET Path=%path%;"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware VIX" vmrun start "T:\VMware\Windows 11\Windows 11.vmx" ENDLOCAL

However, when trying to use the vmrun, with encrypted VM, it prompts to enter the password:

From the command line getting error:

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware VIX>vmrun start "T:\VMware\Windows 11\Windows 11.vmx" Encrypted virtual machine password: Error: The operation is not supported

Note: Everything works fine from the GUI, however, I want to have it included within the .bat file.

I found the following KB:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/12/com.vmware.fusion.using.doc/GUID-BA4C49B3-587C-4ED7-905E-827B755CC451.html

And tried to tweak the .bat file, but I am not able to run the machine.

Any idea what should be changed to get the .bat file working for the encrypted VM?

Thanks

Re: Issue - vmrun - Running with -vp encryptedVirtualMachinePassword

ansred — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:08:18 GMT

I found the fix.

Using the following .cmd file instead works fine.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware VIX\vmrun.exe" -vp myVMpassword start "T:\VMware\Windows 11\Windows 11.vmx" nogui

Re: Issue - vmrun - Running with -vp encryptedVirtualMachinePassword

munrobasher — Fri, 05 May 2023 12:04:49 GMT

FYI: The "nogui" parameter is mandatory when you use -vp switch.

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