Use vmrun Command-Line for VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X

I discovered the vmrun command today and thought I would share what I learned.

1. Open a Terminal, X-Window or your favorite command shell program on your Mac. Paste the following into your Terminal, including the quotes:
   

   "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmrun"

2. The vmrun command will display usage instructions. Here are the commands I use most:
   

   Usage: vmrun [AUTHENTICATION-FLAGS] COMMAND [PARAMETERS] GENERAL COMMANDS PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION ---------------- ---------- ----------- list List all running VMs POWER COMMANDS PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION -------------- ---------- ----------- start Path to vmx file Start a VM or Team [gui|nogui] stop Path to vmx file Stop a VM or Team [hard|soft] reset Path to vmx file Reset a VM or Team [hard|soft] suspend Path to vmx file Suspend a VM or Team [hard|soft] pause Path to vmx file Pause a VM unpause Path to vmx file Unpause a VM

3. Here is how I start my NetApp Data ONTAP 8.0.1 7-Mode Simulator
   

   vmrun start "/Users/lab/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/7M/DataONTAP.vmx"