Getting Started

A small example, actually setting up the configuration is probably the most work.

Setting up the configuration through properties

Run the following command on a machine that has 'VmWare server console' installed. 

vmware-cmd  -l > vmware.properties
This will create the file vmware.properties which contains the the vmx locations. Each of these locations represent a VmWare guest deployed on the VmWare host. To make referencing to these VmWare guests easier, in the java code, each guest gets a guest name. Each guest name within a VmWare host name must be unique.

TIP: Use the hostname of the guest as guest name.

Each VmMare guest is deployed in a VmWare host. To be able to support multiple VmWare hosts, it is needed to declare each guest within the context of a VmWare host name.

At least one vmHostName is needed. Each host should at least have one vmGuestName. The guest should reference to the full path location of the *.vmx files.







Writing the Java code

Creating a lookup of all the known vmx paths.