Restart VM @ specific times

[capreppy]

Is there a way to restart a VM (via VMWare Player 3.0) at specific times in the day?

I have a VM that when it completes a WU, it will send, but won't pick up a new WU. It just waits and waits and ...

I can restart the VM and it will pick up a new WU just fine and then chug along.

I would like to automate the restart (since sometimes it completes a WU in the middle of the night and then produces nothing til I get to it), but don't know of any easy to do it. Suggestions?

 

[jfb9301]

use a script (written as a batch file) and a minimalistic browser like qtweb to restart notfred VMs
this only works smoothly if you are running your VMs with static IP


Code:
start qtweb http://192.168.0.10/cgi-bin/reboot.cgi
start qtweb http://192.168.0.11/cgi-bin/reboot.cgi
Taskkill /IM qtweb.exe

 

[capreppy]

Forgot to mention, this isn't a notfred's VM. This is a regular VM with Ubuntu 8.04

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

TASKKILL /F /IM "vmware-vmx.exe"

If you put that in a batch script, and then schedule a task to run it, then the script will kill the vmware-vmx.exe process. If you schedule another task to then restart the VM, it'll get what you want. However, it's obviously a bit clumsy, but it works.

 

[capreppy]

I will give this a try. I've been searching high and low and have not found anything

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/index.shtml

You could try that. It has the ability to simulate keystrokes and mouse movements, so you could use that.