ESXi Secret Command Set

First to give credit where credit is due.
http://www.petri.co.il/vmware-esxi4-console-secret-commands.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Petri+%28Petri+IT+Knowledgebase%29

This will be a scaled back rendition of this article.
1. When you are at the console of your ESXi 4 server:
    a. Alt-F1
    b. Type "unsupported" and root password
2. To Get Running VMs --> vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
3. vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate #### 
               where #### is the VMID from the first command
4. vim-cmd vmsvc 
               This will list the available commands within the console.

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