vmrun to change the settings of the VM host network adapter connection

Hello!

I have a vCenter computer vSphere virtual running Windows 2008 R2 that hosts multiple virtual machines of different operating systems on several different network VLAN (100, 200, 300, etc.). I would like to be able to run a command from a guest VM running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 say vCenter to change the settings of a network adapter VLAN to another and vice versa. I did a lot of studying, but I could not find a way to do it. The closest thing I found what I'm looking for are the commands below, but they do not work.

vmrun t CR h 192.168.0.3 - P443 - gu < guestusername > - < guestpassword > gp readVariable "[name of the data store] RHEL 6.5/RHEL 6.5.vmx ' runtimeConfig ethernet0.vnet/dev/vmnet0

vmrun t CR h 192.168.0.3 - P443 - gu < guestusername > - gp < guestpassword > writeVariable ' [name of the data store] RHEL 6.5/RHEL 6.5.vmx ' runtimeConfig ethernet0.vnet/dev/vmnet1

ReadVariable command seems to run, but produces 0 bytes of data, and the writeVariable command gives an error message indicating that the operation is not supported. Vmrun can perform a switch between the virtual computer network connections or do I need to use a different approach? The reason that I need to have a command to run instead of just go into the configuration of the VM guest in vCenter and selecting only the network personalized the menu drop-down is so that development and the test team can run a script will instead given administrator privileges.

vmrun (and VIX) won't let you do what you're trying to do.  Nothing don't pay attention to these variables being changed.  You will need to use an API that reconfigures the virtual machine networks, which probably means writing code using an API of vSphere.

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