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Table 5-1. Plug-Ins Installed with Orchestrator by Default (Continued)
Plug-In Purpose Configuration Input Types Scripting Objects Inventory
Enumeration Allows the creation of
common enumerated types.
None Enumeration None Stores
nothing in
the
inventory.
Net Wrapper to Jakarta Apache
Commons Net Library.
Provides implementation of
Telnet, FTP, and POP3. The
POP3 part allows reading
email. In combination with
the Mail plug-in, the Net
plug-in provides full email
sending and receiving
capabilities.
None None FTPClient
POP3Client
POP3Message
TelnetClient
Stores
nothing in
the
inventory.
XML A complete Document
Object Model (DOM) XML
parser that you can
implement in automated
processes. Alternatively, you
can use the ECMAScript for
XML (E4X) implementation
in the Orchestrator
JavaScript API.
None None XMLDocument
XMLElement
XMLManager
XMLNameNodeMap
XMLNode
XMLNodeList
Stores
nothing in
the
inventory.
Database Java Database Connectivity
(JDBC) API is the industry
standard for database-
independent connectivity
between the Java
programming language and
a wide range of databases.
The databases include SQL
databases and other tabular
data sources, such as
spreadsheets or flat files. The
JDBC API provides a call-
level API for SQL-based
database access.
None None Connection
JDBCConnection
PreparedStatement
ResultSet
Stores
nothing in
the
inventory.
Table 5-2. Add-ons and Separate Downloads
Plug-In Remark Purpose Configuration Inventory
Microsoft An experimental feature
available as a separate
download.
Provides access to
Windows
Management
Instrumentation
(WMI) and reading
and writing to
Microsoft Active
Directory.
In Orchestrator
configuration interface,
import settings from the
LDAP tab or use different
LDAP settings for WMI.
See vCenter Orchestrator
Installation and Configuration
Guide, Configuring LDAP
Settings.
Computers,
ForeignSecurityPrincipals,
Program Data, System,
Users, Domain Controllers
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