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.
