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itsme2003
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If you use VMrun on VMware workstation, is it limited to your own host only?

The documentation for vmrun does not clearly state that you can only use vmrun commands against vmware workstation against a local host, but it seems to imply it because it shows no syntax for listing a host address. The stated syntax is "vmrun -T ws ...."

If I try a syntax such as "vmrun -T ws -h -u user -p pass list" (and that is not my local address), then it still gives me a listing for my own local copy of workstation, not the remote copy.

I would like someone who knows for sure to verify for me that with VMware workstation it is impossible to use vmrun on a remote host, or if it is possible, what is the syntax. I want to be able to talk with both the remote host, and the remote VMs.

If it can't be done with vmrun, can it be done with the perl toolkit, or any other API set. I realize that most of those types of things are geared toward the infrastructure products.

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cody_bunch
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I don't believe Workstation exposes an api to the network over http(s), and thus you'd not be able to manage it that way.

-Cody Bunch

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-Cody Bunch http://professionalvmware.com

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cody_bunch
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I don't believe Workstation exposes an api to the network over http(s), and thus you'd not be able to manage it that way.

-Cody Bunch

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-Cody Bunch http://professionalvmware.com
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There is no remote management API for VMware Workstation.

itsme2003
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Thanks for the answers. It was what I was expecting. I just had hoped that maybe that I had overlooked something.

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