Managing Virtual Machines

You can manage virtual machines with the
or the
vmware-cmd
vCLI command. By using
vmware-cmd
you can register and unregister virtual machines, retrieve virtual machine information, manage snapshots, turn the virtual machine on and off, add and remove virtual devices, and prompt for user input.
Some virtual machine management utility applications are included in the vSphere SDK for Perl.
The
cmdlets, which you can install for use with Microsoft PowerShell, manage many aspects of virtual machines.