Sometimes you need to control the guest OS or the virtuals by script. Good example is stopping all the guests or virtuals to take a backup. For VMware server, this is controlled by using Perl script via vmware-cmd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The pre-requisite is the installation of VMTools. Yes, it will work even if vmhgfs and vmxnet are not available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To stop a guest OS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
call vmware-cmd “d:\\virtual machines\\red hat1\\red hat1.vmx” stop
ntbackup backup “d:\\virtual machiens\\red hat1\\” .. .. .. ..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nTo start a guest OS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
call vmware-cmd “d:\\virtual machines\\red hat1\\red hat1.vmx” start<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Put the above into a batch file and use a scheduled task to control the timing and it is done! It is possible to take a snapshot but that can be quite slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the backup server using Veritas or Arcserve, use the Pre\/Post option to stop and start the guest OS. A separate job is necessary as the backup job start time and the actual backup time may differ too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is an entry <\/a>on Petri, but the program to call is wrong. The correct article is here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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