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Get vmid of ESX(i), VSphere virtual machine

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Gets the vmid of the virtual machine. The first and only argument is the .vmx config file.

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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2.  
  3. if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
  4.   echo Usage: `basename $0` [VMX FILE]
  5.   echo Get vmid of virtual infrastructure virtual machine
  6.   echo
  7.   echo Parameter expected 1>&2
  8.   exit 65
  9. fi
  10.  
  11. if [ ! -s $1 ]; then
  12.   echo Virtual machine does not exist or is empty.
  13.   exit 1
  14. fi
  15.  
  16. /usr/bin/vmware-cmd "$1" getid | cut -d' ' -f3
  17. exit $?

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