Building Virtual Machine using CLI

Steps :-

1- Create a Directory on vmfs partition (mkdir directory name).
2- Change to directory (cd directoryname)
3- Create .VMX file (vi vmname.vmx)
a. Use the vmname.txt as sample (Refer vi.txt for some basic commands to work with vi editor)
b. Use either of the following to map the CDROM
i. To use server attached CDROM drive, add the following line in vmname.vmx file at the end of file.
ide0:0.fileName = "/dev/hda"
ii. To use ISO image as CDROM drive, add the following line in vmname.vmx file at the end of file
ide0:0.fileName = ""
4- Create vmdk file (vmkfstools -c 10g vmname.vmdk -a lsilogic)
5- Register vmx to vmware (vmware-cmd -s register vmname.vmx)
6- Power on VM (vmware-cmd vmname.vmx start)
7- Open Console (Select Create UID)