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		<title>Datanasov at 03:50, 19 January 2024</title>
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		<title>Datanasov at 03:31, 19 January 2024</title>
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		<title>Datanasov: Created page with &quot;To power on, shutdown or reboot a virtual machine from the command line:  List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command      vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms |grep &lt;vm name&gt;  Note: The first column of the output shows the vmid.  Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command      vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate &lt;vmid&gt;  Power-on the virtual machine with the command      vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on &lt;vmid&gt;  Related Commands:  Power-off the virtual machine with...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;To power on, shutdown or reboot a virtual machine from the command line:  List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command      vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms |grep &amp;lt;vm name&amp;gt;  Note: The first column of the output shows the vmid.  Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command      vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate &amp;lt;vmid&amp;gt;  Power-on the virtual machine with the command      vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on &amp;lt;vmid&amp;gt;  Related Commands:  Power-off the virtual machine with...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;To power on, shutdown or reboot a virtual machine from the command line:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms |grep &amp;lt;vm name&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Note: The first column of the output shows the vmid.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate &amp;lt;vmid&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Power-on the virtual machine with the command&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on &amp;lt;vmid&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Related Commands:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Power-off the virtual machine with the command&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off &amp;lt;vmid&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Reboot the virtual machine with the command&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.reboot &amp;lt;vmid&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
See also [[Manage ESXi VM Processes with CLI ]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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