Autostart and autoshutdown guest

[xAyiDe]

Now when Vmware server is on the edge of extinction. Is there any way to get Workstation to perform start of guest when starting the host and shut the down when restart/shutdown the host?

It also need to be running in the background ofcourse. So one doesnt have to login on the machine to get them running.

[athlon_crazy · Accepted solution]

Since we can start/stop VM using vmrun command on Workstation, it's possible :

vmrun.exe -T ws start "d:\vmpath...Linux.vmx"

put into startup script...

vcbMC-1.0.6 Beta

vcbMC-1.0.7 Lite

http://www.no-x.org

[xAyiDe]

So how do one do the same for shutdowns, when windowshost signals shutdown?

[Borja_Mari]

Hi,

just remember to pass the nogui parameter to vmrun when starting the vm's.

You can place in one script the vmrun commands to start or shutdown the vm's. Check this: http://www.tutorial5.com/content/view/157/47/

Hope this helps

Regards/Saludos,
Pablo

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[mdunn-vmware]

This isn't an officially supported feature, but if you do web searches for "run workstation as a service" you should find some pages that can help you set that up.