The VMWare actions use the VMRun command line utility to control virtual machines either on a VMWare Server installation or VMWare Workstation.
Connection Options
Host Type
The type of host that actions will be connecting to, the possible values include VMWare Server 1, VMWare Server 2 or Workstation.
Host Name
The name of the machine where the VMWare host is located, use localhost if you are connecting to an instance on the local machine.
Host Port
The port which the VMWare instance has been configured to use, when connecting to a VMWare Server 2 instance you do not need to specify a port as it's specified within the Host Name.