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--unity : Start with unity enabled | --unity : Start with unity enabled | ||
-h | -h : hostname or IP on another machine (can be running ESX or VMware Server!) | ||
-u <name> | -u <name> : username to login at the host | ||
-p <pass> | -p <pass> : password to login at the host | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
Connect to a remote ESX/ESXi host using player on IP address 10.10.10.10 and select a windows 2003 VM on the datastore1 storage. | Connect to a remote ESX/ESXi host using player on IP address 10.10.10.10 and select a windows 2003 VM on the datastore1 storage. | ||
vmplayer -h 10.10.10.10 -u "root" -p "password" "[datastore1] W2k3en/W2k3en.vmx" | vmplayer -h 10.10.10.10 -u "root" -p "password" "[datastore1] W2k3en/W2k3en.vmx" | ||
Revision as of 10:56, 7 July 2009
VMware Player
Vmplayer is the executable that runs the VMware Player program on the hosted Windows and Linux platforms.
Command line options =
You can start the player with command line options so that it starts with a certain feature that you want to use.
Syntax:
vmplayer [options] /path/to/vmx
Options:
--unity : Start with unity enabled -h : hostname or IP on another machine (can be running ESX or VMware Server!) -u <name> : username to login at the host -p <pass> : password to login at the host
Examples:
Connect to a remote ESX/ESXi host using player on IP address 10.10.10.10 and select a windows 2003 VM on the datastore1 storage.
vmplayer -h 10.10.10.10 -u "root" -p "password" "[datastore1] W2k3en/W2k3en.vmx"
