command line vmware

The vmrun command is used to run from the command line.

For running on linux with vmserver 2

vmrun -T server -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -u Username \
-p "PasswordWithSpecialCharsEscaped" list

vmrun -T server -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -u Username \
-p "PasswordWithSpecialCharsEscaped" start "Exact vmware name of vmx"

Exact vmware name of the vmx : "[standard] Name/Name.vmx"
Watch out for extra spaces or other white space.

solaris 10 fault manager

fmadm is the fault manager - requires root to work