use vmrun to start vmware virtual machine

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use vmrun to start vmware virtual machine

Start the VM without GUI

vmrun -T player start “path/to/yourVM.vmx” nogui

  1. Start the VM

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    vmrun -T player start "path/to/yourVM.vmx"

  2. Stop the VM

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    vmrun -T player stop "path/to/yourVM.vmx"
    vmrun -T player stop "path/to/yourVM.vmx" soft
    vmrun -T player stop "path/to/yourVM.vmx" hard

  3. List all possible commands supported by vmrun

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    vmrun -h

If you want to control VMs in VMware Workstation, you need change “player” to “ws”, like:

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vmrun -T ws start "path/to/yourVM.vmx" nogui

Ref

[1] https://mudongliang.github.io/2017/07/01/use-vmrun-to-start-vmware-virtual-machine.html