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To query key values that have already been set

Dooneofthefollowing:

 FromaWindowsguest,enterthefollowingatacommandprompt:

cd "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools"

vmtoolsd.exe --cmd "machine.id.get"

vmtoolsd.exe --cmd "info-get guestinfo.<key_to_query>"

vmtoolsd.exe --cmd "info-get guestinfo.script_status"



FromaLinuxguest,enterthefollowingatacommandprompt:

vmtoolsd --cmd "machine.id.get"

vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestinfo.<key_to_query>"

vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestinfo.script_status"

IftheACE‐enabledvirtualmachineforaninstanceisconfiguredforbothWindowsand

Linuxplatforms,youcanprovidescriptsforbothWindowsandLinuxsystems.

Changestoascriptrequirethatyoudeployanupdatepackagethatincludesthenew

script.

Forinstructionsoncreatinganddeployingthescript,see“SpecifyaSc

riptanda

Commandto

RunIt”onpage 398.

Specify a Script and a Command to Run It

Theprocedureforusingauthenticationscriptsandhost‐guestdatascriptsisidentical.

Usethisprocedureforthefollowingscripts:

 Accesscontrolauthenticationscript–Customauthenticationscriptthatrunson

theenduser’scomputertodeterminewhocanusetheACEinstance.

IfyouplantousethescriptwithaPocketACEthatwillrunonbothWindowsand

Linuxhosts,makesurethatthescriptoutputsonbothplatformsaree

xactlythe

sam

e,includingcharactersforlineendingsornewlines.

 Host‐guestdatascript–Scriptforsharinghostinformationsuchasthehost

machineIDandIPaddresswithapplicationsthatrunontheguest.

To specify a script and a command to run it

1 CreatethescriptandsaveitintheACE Resourcesdirectoryinsidethevirtual

machine’sdirectory.

2InWorkstation,selecttheACE‐enabledvirtualmachineandchooseVM>AC

E>

Policies.

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