Tom,
Thanks. I'm using the latest ESXCLI tool. vmware-cmd has a number of tools for managing virtual machines, but there isn't a command for creating a VM from a template. I'm doing some testing where I create a number of VMs from a template (up to 30 at a time), run tests and then delete them and start over. I can automate everything except create and remove the VMs. The CLI has an option for registering a VM. I'm going to try going to the VM Server, copying the directory, creating the vmx file and then using the CLI to register the VM. After my test I'm going to try to deregister and then go onto the server and delete the directory. I hope this works. Thanks for your help.
Ed