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This page describe command line options that are available when you launch VMware Workstation. There are two methods to operate virtual machines via command line, vmrun application or vmware itself.
VMRUN Application

VMware Workstation includes a separate application, vmrun. To launch the vmrun application, from the command prompt, enter:

vmrun COMMAND Parameters[]

Valid vmrun commands and options are described in the following :
Command Parameters Description
list list all running VMs
start path to vmx or vmtm file start a VM or Team
stop path to vmx or vmtm file stop a VM or Team
reset path to vmx or vmtm file reset a VM or Team
suspend path to vmx or vmtm file suspend a VM or Team
upgradevm path to vmx Upgrade a virtual machine to the current Workstation version
installtools Path to vmx file Install Tools in Guest OS
listSnapshots Path to vmx file List all snapshots in a VM
snapshot Path to vmx file Create a snapshot of a VM
deleteSnapshot Path to vmx file Remove a snapshot from a VM Snapshot name
revertToSnapshot Path to vmx file Set VM state to a snapshot

example:

to start a virtual machine
vmrun start c:\My Virtual Machines\.vmx

With virtual machines that require input through a VMware Workstation dialog box, vmrun may time out and fail. To disable Workstation dialog boxes, insert the following line into the .vmx configuration file for a virtual machine:

msg.autoAnswer = TRUE
VMware

VMware -x -X -q -s = -v / / .virtual machinex
Option Description
-x Automatically powers on the virtual machine when VMware Workstation starts
-X Automatically powers on the virtual machine, then switches the VMware Workstation window to full screen mode
-q Closes the virtual machine's tab when the virtual machine powers off. If no other virtual machine is open, it also exits VMware Workstation. This is particularly useful when the guest operating system is capable of powering off the virtual machine
-s Sets the specified variable to the specified value. Any variable names and values that are valid in the configuration file may be specified on the command line with the -s switch
-v Displays the product name, version and build number
//.vmx Launches a virtual machine using the specified configuration file

example:
launches the Windows Me virtual machine specified, powers it on automatically and switches to full screen mode
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\Programs\VMware.exe -X C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Windows Me\Windows Me.vmx"

2008 server core没有GUI，管理全靠命令行。下面是作为QA知道会比较方便的tips：
1.在2008 server core上安装VMware tools：
这里的步骤讲的很清楚，同一网站上还提供了如何改变屏幕解析度，改变睡眠设置
2.启动romotedesktop
cscript c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /AR 0
启动完就可以远程登录玩了
3.传输文件
2008自带了ftp服务，用来传送文件应该最为稳定。如果不用自带服务，从远程ftp下载文件，需要把防火墙关了
netsh firewall set opmode disable
测试时，强烈建议关了防火墙，不然总有些莫名其妙的问题，关了一了百了
4. 在2008 server core上增加新硬件
pnputil -i -a ; driverinf is the file name of the .inf file for the driver