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How can I start virtual machines when I am on the commandline of a ESXi5 host over ssh ?

mit
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  • The shutdown operation was already solved here: http://serverfault.com/questions/321909/how-to-shutdown-and-power-off-virtual-machines-over-ssh-on-esxi5 – mit Oct 16 '11 at 19:51

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You can use 

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on <vmid>

where vmid can be found with 

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
user9517
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