VMWare: List all running Virtual Machines [ VMs ] / VPS From a Shell Prompt

You can easily list all running Virtual machines from a Linux shell prompt without accessing GUI. This is useful to scripts or to get status for any VM.

vmrun is a command line application for controlling various VM operations. Type the following command:
vmrun -T server -h 'https://vmserver.example.com:8333/sdk' -u VMUSERName -p 'yourVMPassword' list
Where,
=> -T server : This is VMWARE server version 2.x

=> -h 'https://vmserver.example.com:8333/sdk' : VMWare server hostname. This can be local or remote server.

=> -u VMUSERName : VMWare server username (usually it is root)

=> -p 'yourVMPassword' : VMWare server password

=> list : List all running vms

List all running VMs

vmrun -T server -h 'https://server.nixcraft.in:8333/sdk' -u root -p 'myPassword' list
Sample output:

Total running VMs: 2
[DISK315k] Debian5/Debian5.vmx
[DISK315k] CentOS52_64/CentOS52_64.vmx

Listing a virtual machine with Workstation on a Windows host (open dos prompt and type the command):
vmrun -T ws list
OR
vmrun -T ws -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword list