Use VMware Workstation in Command Line
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I have installed the VMware workstation 10 in Ubuntu 14.04 machine.
I have the machines in the VMware Workstation and I need to access the VMware worstation in the command line.
How to access the vmware in command line ? -
This goes against every purpose for having VMware Workstation. The one and only point of it is to be graphical. Why would this situation arise?
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VMware Workstation Command Line Reference
Here is the guide to doing this.
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Why use VMware Workstation? What are you doing with it?
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to access my virtual machines in server.Since there is less work so doing something with the different process
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@Lakshmana said:
to access my virtual machines in server.Since there is less work so doing something with the different process
You have Workstation on a server? Something is missing here. Workstation isn't for running servers or production workloads.
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@scottalanmiller Yes.I have installed the linux machines in HP Proliant Server.The HP Proliant server has been installed with the ESXi.I have installed the linux machines in it.So i am trying to access the machine in command prompt
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller Yes.I have installed the linux machines in HP Proliant Server.The HP Proliant server has been installed with the ESXi.I have installed the linux machines in it.So i am trying to access the machine in command prompt
There is no relationship between ESXi and Workstation. These aren't just completely different products, they are different categories of products.
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@scottalanmiller I accept the fact.But whether the machine can be accessed in the command prompt of my ubuntu machine.
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller I accept the fact.But whether the machine can be accessed in the command prompt of my ubuntu machine.
How can you accept that fact and then ask this question? You have providing conflicting information.
First you asked if you could access VMware Workstation. The details on how to do that were provided. Did you follow them?
Then you stated that it wasn't Workstation but ESXi. But then stated that you knew they were different things and then asked how to access it (whatever it is) from Ubuntu.
So clearly something is wrong. What are you trying to access? ESXi or Workstation? If Workstation, did you follow the instructions? If ESXi it uses SSH exactly like anything except Windows and it "just works", there is nothing to know.
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@scottalanmiller I am having Ubuntu machine 14.04.The vmware is installed in the ubuntu machine.I am in need to access the machine from the server.The machine can only be accessed from the VMware Workstation.So I used to take the machine in the GUI of the workstation.
For a change I tried to access the machine in the command prompt.
So only i asked regarding this? -
I'm as lost as Scott is.
You have a Ubuntu 14.04 machine - where is this machine? Is it installed as a VM in ESXi? Is it installed directly on hardware that is a workstation? Is it installed on directly on the hardware of the HP Proliant server?If you have a VM installed inside the Ubuntu machine, this implies (though not confirmed) that your Ubuntu is installed directly on the hardware, and you have a type 2 hypervisor (VMWare workstation perhaps?) installed inside Ubuntu.
After writing that out, It appears that you have a VM hosted on a Ubuntu workstation, that you want to access from a server.
If I had to guess, I'd guess that your VM on the Ubuntu workstation does not have network access. You need to update the VM so that it does have network access through the Ubuntu machine. Then you could access it from any device on the network.
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What is your end goal?
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller I am having Ubuntu machine 14.04.The vmware is installed in the ubuntu machine.
ESXi cannot be installed this way. Why did you start talking about ESXi then?
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@Lakshmana said:
The machine can only be accessed from the VMware Workstation.So I used to take the machine in the GUI of the workstation.
I don't understand this statement. VMware Workstation is running on Ubuntu. You just open it up and look at it. It is a desktop application.
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@Lakshmana said:
For a change I tried to access the machine in the command prompt.
So only i asked regarding this?And the answer was provided. Why are you still asking? What about the provided documentation did not work?
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@Dashrender said:
After writing that out, It appears that you have a VM hosted on a Ubuntu workstation, that you want to access from a server.
Except that he mentioned ESXi, which cannot be used this way, and said that he definitely knew the difference between ESXi and Workstation. Yet hasn't explained where ESXi, how it relates to the question or why he mentioned it.
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I am very lost. What is it you want to access, Ubuntu, ESXi or Workstation? If Workstation, where is it running? And from what do you want to do the access? And, of course, why?
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I'm going to take a random guess, but are you trying to access ESXi through VMware Workstation?
Except this:
I am having Ubuntu machine 14.04.The vmware is installed in the ubuntu machine.I am in need to access the machine from the server.The machine can only be accessed from the VMware Workstation.So I used to take the machine in the GUI of the workstation.
Is not doing that. So are you trying to go from the server to the ubuntu machine?
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Yeah, there is enough different info that I just can't determine what the intent might actually be.
