Dell IDRAC6 manual Vmcli Return Codes, 248

•Background execution — By default, the VMCLI utility runs in the foreground. Use the operating system's command shell features to cause the utility to run in the background. For example, under a Linux operating system, the ampersand character (&) following the command causes the program to be spawned as a new background process.

The latter technique is useful in script programs, as it allows the script

to proceed after a new process is started for the VMCLI command (otherwise, the script would block until the VMCLI program is terminated).

When multiple VMCLI instances are started in this way, and one or more of the command instances must be manually terminated, use the operating system-specific facilities for listing and terminating processes.

VMCLI Return Codes

English-only text messages are issued to standard error output whenever errors are encountered.

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