how to start vmware image from cli - without using GUI in solaris

[kljlkjlj_louoiy]

Hi All,

I am using solaris 10. I would like to get any idea from all of you. I would like to start vmare images from command line in solaris. How am I going to do that? Appreciate if you can help it. Thanks

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Which VMware product are you using?

[kljlkjlj_louoiy]

Product: vmware workstation

Version: 5.5.5 build-56455

Thanks for your reply

[Dave_Mishchenko]

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[RDPetruska]

You do realize that VMware products are supported on Windows and Linux hosts only, NOT Solaris, right?

IF you do somehow get Workstation running on a Solaris host, you can try using the vmrun command line utility to control the VMs, but I doubt that this will be successful.

[kljlkjlj_louoiy]

Sorry for confuse.My based OS is ubuntu. My vm image is solaris.

Now I am able to start up from cli using vmrun start /xxx/xx/xx.vmx

But the vm images run in a new vm workstation window. e.g I run two vm images from cli and it runs in seperate vm workstation windows instead of running in a tab in existing vm workstation. Is there any idea? I don't see any parameter to feed to vmrun for this.

Thanks for sharing

[RDPetruska]

OK, now I'm really confused. You say you want to start the VM via the command line, not the GUI. Then you talk about how the VM is opened in a separate GUI window. If you want the VM to be seen in the same GUI window, why don't you just start it in the GUI in the first place?

[kljlkjlj_louoiy]

if you start vm image with vmrun start /export/home/xx.vmx, it would call start vm image from cli. Am i right? instead of file --> open ---> select vm image

Even though you start from vmrun command line, image will start in GUI. Am I right? if not, how you go and work for this vm image?

I want to run the vm image from cli because I want it to be started automatically from the script.

Thanks for your reply.