Start and stop VMware virtual machine as service for Linux OS

Here is my simple script for starting(non gui mode) automatically VMWare guests on system startup


[sargis@appsrv ~]# cat /etc/init.d/vm-guests
#!/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 235 81 29
# description: Start vmware guests.

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

case "$1" in
 start)
       echo -n $"Starting vmware guests: "
       su - sargis -c "/usr/bin/vmrun -T ws start /srv/vmware/dsrv/dsrv.vmx nogui"
       echo
       ;;
 stop)
       echo -n $"Shutting down vmware guests: "
       /usr/bin/vmrun -T ws stop /srv/vmware/dsrv/dsrv.vmx
       echo
       ;;
 restart|force-reload)
       stop
       start
       ;;
 *)
      echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
      exit 2
esac