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Subcommands for the stat Command, Table 2.

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VMware Tools Configuration Utility User's Guide Option FreeBSD Mac Action Change directories to /usr/local/sbin. Change directories to '/Library/Application Support/VMware Tools'. 3 Enter the command to display the desired status information. utility-name stat subcommand Option utility-name (On Windows guests) utility-name (On Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD guests) utility-name (On Mac guests) subcommand Action Use VMwareToolboxCmd.exe. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. Use vmware-tools-cli. Use hosttime or speed, or, if applicable, one of the subcommands available for virtual machines hosted on an ESX/ESXi server. Subcommands for the stat Command You can use the stat command to display information such as host time and CPU speed. Additional subcommands are available for virtual machines hosted on an ESX/ESXi server. Table 2. Subcommands for the stat Command Subcommand Name Description hosttime speed Displays the date and time on the host. Displays the CPU speed, in MHz. balloon (ESX/ESXi only) Displays the amount of memory that is currently reclaimed from the virtual machine through ballooning, in megabytes. swap (ESX/ESXi only) Displays the current amount of memory swapped out to the virtual machine's swap file, in megabytes. memlimit (ESX/ESXi only) Displays memory limit information, in megabytes. memres cpures (ESX/ESXi only) Displays memory reservation information, in megabytes. (ESX/ESXi only) Displays CPU reservation information, in MHz. cpulimit (ESX/ESXi only) Displays CPU limit information, in MHz. sessionid (ESX/ESXi only) Displays the current session ID. 18 VMware, Inc.

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Option
Action
FreeBSD
Change directories to
/usr/local/sbin
.
Mac
Change directories to
'/Library/Application Support/VMware
Tools'
.
3
Enter the command to display the desired status information.
utility-name
stat
subcommand
Option
Action
utility-name
(On Windows guests)
Use
VMwareToolboxCmd.exe
.
utility-name
(On Linux, Solaris, and
FreeBSD guests)
Use
vmware-toolbox-cmd
.
utility-name
(On Mac guests)
Use
vmware-tools-cli
.
subcommand
Use
hosttime
or
speed
, or, if applicable, one of the subcommands available
for virtual machines hosted on an ESX/ESXi server.
Subcommands for the stat Command
You can use the
stat
command to display information such as host time and CPU speed. Additional
subcommands are available for virtual machines hosted on an ESX/ESXi server.
Table 2.
Subcommands for the stat Command
Subcommand Name
Description
hosttime
Displays the date and time on the host.
speed
Displays the CPU speed, in MHz.
balloon
(ESX/ESXi only) Displays the amount of memory that is
currently reclaimed from the virtual machine through
ballooning, in megabytes.
swap
(ESX/ESXi only) Displays the current amount of memory
swapped out to the virtual machine's swap file, in
megabytes.
memlimit
(ESX/ESXi only) Displays memory limit information, in
megabytes.
memres
(ESX/ESXi only) Displays memory reservation information,
in megabytes.
cpures
(ESX/ESXi only) Displays CPU reservation information, in
MHz.
cpulimit
(ESX/ESXi only) Displays CPU limit information, in MHz.
sessionid
(ESX/ESXi only) Displays the current session ID.
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