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vmmemctl

VMMEMCTL(9)							   Open VM Tools						       VMMEMCTL(9)

NAME

       vmmemctl - vmware kernel module

SYNOPSIS

       modprobe vmmemctl

DESCRIPTION

       This  is  a  kernel module. It isn't backed by a virtual hardware device, so it must be loaded manually. It has no dependencies, nor do any
       Tools components depend on it, so it can be loaded at any time during the boot process. Once loaded, no further action is needed.

OPTIONS

       vmmemctl has no options.

SEE ALSO

       vmware-checkvm(1)
       vmware-hgfsclient(1)
       vmware-toolbox(1)
       vmware-toolbox-cmd(1)
       vmware-user(1)
       vmware-xferlogs(1)
       libguestlib(3)
       libvmtools(3)
       vmware-guestd(8)
       vmware-hgfsmounter(8)
       vmware-user-suid-wrapper(8)
       vmblock(9)
       vmci(9)
       vmhgfs(9)
       vmsock(9)
       vmsync(9)
       vmxnet(9)
       vmxnet3(9)

HOMEPAGE

       More information about vmmemctl and the Open VM Tools can be found at <http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/>.

AUTHOR

       Open VM Tools were written by VMware, Inc. <http://www.vmware.com/>.

       This manual page was put together from homepage materials by Daniel  Baumann  <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>,  for  the  Debian
       project (but may be used by others).

2010.03.20-243334						    2010-04-08							       VMMEMCTL(9)