Reference from vim-cmd of VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 build-123629
Get help: vim-cmd help or vim-cmd -h
Guest VM control command
Commands available under vmsvc/: acquiremksticket get.configoption power.off connect get.datastores power.on convert.toTemplate get.disabledmethods power.reboot convert.toVm get.environment power.reset createdummyvm get.filelayout power.shutdown