Running VMs in a background on VMWare Workstation [closed]
Solution 1:
Yes it is possible. You can do this with the "vmrun" command using the "nogui" option:
vmrun -T ws start /export/vmware/rh5/server.vmx nogui
The VM will then come up without starting the Workstation GUI and you can ssh to it.
If your host os is Windows change the path to:
vmrun -T ws start C:\export\vmware\rh5\server.vmx nogui
Solution 2:
You can start the VM in workstation and then you simply close the tab that it's open on. Workstation will ask you if you want to power off, suspend, or background that virtual machine.