Poweron VM from CLI
To power on a virtual machine from the command line:
- List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command:
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms |grep <vm name>
Note: The first (leftmost) column of the output shows the vmid.
- Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command:
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate <vmid>
- Power-on the virtual machine with the command:
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on <vmid>
esxcli vm process list
Get IP Routes
esxcli network ip route ipv4 list
Get IP addresses
esxcli network ip interface ipv4 address list