https://wiki.nerdmage.ca/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=ESXi_-_vim-cmd ESXi - vim-cmd - Revision history 2026-05-19T07:12:42Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.37.1 https://wiki.nerdmage.ca/index.php?title=ESXi_-_vim-cmd&diff=712&oldid=prev Tinker: Created page with "= Some Handy Commands = *List available VMs **<code>vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms</code> *Check the power state of a VM **<code>vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate [VMID]</code> ***'''VMID:''' Found in list from <code>vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms</code> *Power on a VM **<code>vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on [VMID]</code> ***'''VMID:''' Found in list from <code>vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms</code> *Power off a VM **<code>vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown [VMID]</code> ***'''VMID:''' Found in list from <code>..." 2022-02-08T19:09:18Z <p>Created page with &quot;= Some Handy Commands = *List available VMs **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms&lt;/code&gt; *Check the power state of a VM **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate [VMID]&lt;/code&gt; ***&#039;&#039;&#039;VMID:&#039;&#039;&#039; Found in list from &lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms&lt;/code&gt; *Power on a VM **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on [VMID]&lt;/code&gt; ***&#039;&#039;&#039;VMID:&#039;&#039;&#039; Found in list from &lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms&lt;/code&gt; *Power off a VM **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown [VMID]&lt;/code&gt; ***&#039;&#039;&#039;VMID:&#039;&#039;&#039; Found in list from &lt;code&gt;...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>= Some Handy Commands =<br /> <br /> *List available VMs<br /> **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms&lt;/code&gt;<br /> *Check the power state of a VM<br /> **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate [VMID]&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ***&#039;&#039;&#039;VMID:&#039;&#039;&#039; Found in list from &lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms&lt;/code&gt;<br /> *Power on a VM<br /> **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on [VMID]&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ***&#039;&#039;&#039;VMID:&#039;&#039;&#039; Found in list from &lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms&lt;/code&gt;<br /> *Power off a VM<br /> **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown [VMID]&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ***&#039;&#039;&#039;VMID:&#039;&#039;&#039; Found in list from &lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ***Requires that VM have VMware Tools installed<br /> **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off [VMID]&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ***&#039;&#039;&#039;VMID:&#039;&#039;&#039; Found in list from &lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ***Does not require that VM have VMware Tools installed<br /> *Reset a VM<br /> **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/power.reset [VMID]&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ***&#039;&#039;&#039;VMID:&#039;&#039;&#039; Found in list from &lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms&lt;/code&gt;<br /> *Suspend a VM<br /> **&lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/power.suspend [VMID]&lt;/code&gt;<br /> ***&#039;&#039;&#039;VMID:&#039;&#039;&#039; Found in list from &lt;code&gt;vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms&lt;/code&gt;</div> Tinker