Connection Options for
vmware-cmd
The
vmware-cmd
vCLI command supports only a specific set of connection options. Other vCLI
connection options are not supported, for example, you cannot use variables
because the corresponding option is not supported.
The following connection
options are supported.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
--server
<host>
-H
<host> | Target
or
system. |
--vihost
<target> -h
<target> | When you run
vmware-cmd with the
-H option pointing to a
system, use
--vihost to specify the
host to
run the command against. |
-O
<port>
| Alternative connection port. The
default port number is 902. |
--username
<username> -U
<username> | User who is authorized to log in to the host
specified by
--server or
--vihost . |
--password
<password> -P
<password> | Password for the user specified by
-U . |
-Q
<protocol>
| Protocol to use, either
http or
https . Default is
https . |