Startup/Shutdown Script for vmWare

To stop all virtual machines hosted on a Linux Operating System run the following command:

VMware Server 1.0.x

find /var/lib/vmware/ -iname "*.vmx" -exec vmware-cmd {} stop \;

To start all virtual machines run the following command:

find /var/lib/vmware/ -iname "*.vmx" -exec vmware-cmd {} start \;

To suspend all virtual machines

find /var/lib/vmware/ -iname "*.vmx" -exec vmware-cmd {} suspend \;

To backup all virtual machines see the page Backup Script for VMware