esxi

list vms

esxcli vm process list

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms

create vm

steps taken from here

create vm folder

mkdir /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/hostname/

create hard disk
```
vmkfstools -c 32G -a lsilogic hostname.vmdk
```
- -c - createvirtualdisk
- -a - adaptertype [buslogic|lsilogic|ide|lsisas|pvscsi]
- -d - diskformat [zeroedthick|thin|eagerzeroedthick]

create hostname.vmx file with following (ref 3 for info on vmx files)

config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version= "7"
guestOS = "winnetenterprise-64"
memsize = "1024"
displayname = "VirtualCenter"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "VirtualCenter.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "true"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
ide1:0.filename = "/vmfs/volumes/4a68046d-2159a120-ebac-001a9253e68f/win2k3_x64.iso"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present= "true"
ethernet0.startConnected = "true"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

change permissions on vmx file
```
chmod 744 hostname.vmx
```

add vm to inventory

vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastore/hostname/hostname.vmx hostname