vmxtoolkit
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vmxtoolkit is the Powershell extension to VMware Workstation and Fusion vmxtoolkit is community-driven vmxtoolkit is the Base for labbuildr, the automated lab building environment for vmware workstation on windows you get support for labbuildr on github https://github.com/bottkars/labbuildr/wiki
simply follow @sddc_guy on twitter for updates
Installation
=========== for powershell 5 of higher, you can use
install-module vmxtoolkitto install the module using the nuget provider.
to install on earlier versions, simply extract the vmxttoolkit into a folder where your VM´s reside. Per Default, vmxtoolkit searches from that path Otherwise, specifythe path to your vm when doing a get-vmx
Installation on OSX
to run vmxtoolkit on OSX, you need to have PowerShell for OSX installed
see PowerShell for OSX for instructions
it is also recommended to install .NET Core for OSX from for details on installation of .NET Core LIBS see .NET Core on MACOS
OSX port is currently only available via Git clone, no auto installer
use
Bash
git clone https://github.com/bottkars/vmxtoolkit
Exposed Commands
PS E:\GitHub> Get-Command -Module vmxtoolkit
CommandType Name ModuleName
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Function Add-VMXScsiDisk vmxtoolkit
Function Connect-VMXNetworkAdapter vmxtoolkit
Function convert-VMXdos2unix vmxtoolkit
Function Copy-VMXDirHost2Guest vmxtoolkit
Function copy-VMXfile2guest vmxtoolkit
Function Disconnect-VMXNetworkAdapter vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMwareVersion vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMX vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXActivationPreference vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXAnnotation vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXConfig vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXConfigVersion vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXDisplayName vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXGuestOS vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXHWVersion vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXIdeDisk vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXInfo vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXIPAddress vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXmemory vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXNetwork vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXNetworkAdapter vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXNetworkAddress vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXNetworkConnection vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXProcessesInGuest vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXProcessor vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXRun vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXscenario vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXScsiController vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXScsiDisk vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXSnapshot vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXSnapshotconfig vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXTemplate vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXToolsState vmxtoolkit
Function Get-VMXUUID vmxtoolkit
Function Get-yesnoabort vmxtoolkit
Function Invoke-VMXBash vmxtoolkit
Function Invoke-VMXexpect vmxtoolkit
Function Invoke-VMXPowerShell vmxtoolkit
Function New-VMXClone vmxtoolkit
Function New-VMXGuestPath vmxtoolkit
Function New-VMXLinkedClone vmxtoolkit
Function New-VMXScsiDisk vmxtoolkit
Function New-VMXSnapshot vmxtoolkit
Function Optimize-VMXDisk vmxtoolkit
Function remove-vmx vmxtoolkit
Function Remove-VMXserial vmxtoolkit
Function Remove-VMXSnapshot vmxtoolkit
Function Repair-VMXDisk vmxtoolkit
Function Resize-VMXDiskfile vmxtoolkit
Function Restore-VMXSnapshot vmxtoolkit
Function Search-VMXPattern vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXActivationPreference vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXAnnotation vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXDisconnectIDE vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXDisplayName vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXLinuxDNS vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXLinuxNetwork vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXMainMemory vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXmemory vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXNetworkAdapter vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXprocessor vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXscenario vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXserialPipe vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXSharedFolder vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXSharedFolderState vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXSize vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXTemplate vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXToolsReminder vmxtoolkit
Function Set-VMXVnet vmxtoolkit
Function Start-VMX vmxtoolkit
Function Stop-VMX vmxtoolkit
Function Suspend-VMX vmxtoolkitHelp
While commands are self explaining, there is an online help available get-help [command] -online
Contributing
Please contribute in any way to the project. Specifically, normalizing differnet image sizes, locations, and intance types would be easy adds to enhance the usefulness of the project.
Licensing
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
Support
Please file bugs and issues at the Github issues page. The code and documentation are released with no warranties or SLAs and are intended to be supported through a community driven process.