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Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces
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Installing and Uninstalling vSphere SDK for Perl on Windows
BeforeyoucanrunvSphereSDKforPerlcommandsfromyourWindowssystem,youmustinstallthevSphere
SDKforPerlpackageandtesttheinstallationbyrunningacommand.
ThevSphereSDKforPerlinstallationpackageforWindowsincludestheActivePerlruntimefromActiveState
SoftwareandrequiredPerlmodulesand
libraries.ThevSphereSDKforPerlissupportedontheWindows
platformsthatarelistedintheReleaseNotes.
To install the vSphere SDK for Perl Package on Windows
1 DownloadthevSphereSDKforPerlWindowsinstallerpackage.
YoucanfindtheinstallerintheAutomationToolsandSDKssectionoftheDrivers&Toolstabofthe
vSphere
downloadpage.
2Starttheinstaller.
3 (Optional)IfpromptedtoremoveolderversionsofvSphereSDKforPerlorvCLI,youcaneitheraccept
orcanceltheinstallation,andinstallthevSphereSDKforPerlpackageonadifferentsystem.
4ClickNextintheWelcomepage.
5ToinstallthevSphereSDKforPerlinanondefaultdirectory,clickChangeandselectthedirectory.
ThedefaultlocationisC:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI.
6ClickNext.
7ClickInstalltoproceedwiththeinstallation.
Theinstallationmighttakeseveralminutestocomplete.
8 Rebootyoursystem.
Withoutreboot,pathsettingsmightnotbecorrectonyourWindowsplatform.
Uninstalling the vSphere SDK for Perl Package on Windows
YoucanuninstallthevSphereSDKforPerlpackageasyouwouldotherprograms.
To uninstall vSphere SDK for Perl on Windows
1FindtheoptionforaddingandremovingprogramsontheWindowsoperatingsystemyouareusing.
2Inthepanelthatappears,selectVMwarevSphereCLI,andclickRemove.
3ClickYeswhenprompted.
Thesystemuninstalls
thevSphereSDKforPerl,thevCLI,andallprerequisitesoftware.
Enabling Certificate Verification
ThevSphereSDKforPerlandvCLIuseCrypt::SSLEaytosupportcertificateverification.Crypt::SSLEay
allowsverificationofcertificatessignedbyaCertificateAuthority(CA)ifyousetthefollowingtwovariables:
 HTTPS_CA_FILE–TheCAfile.
 HTTPS_CA_DIR–TheCAdirectory.
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MPORTANTIfyouwanttorunESXCLIcommandsincludedinvCLIfromaWindowssystem,youmusthave
theVisualC++2008redistributablefor32bitinstalledonthatsystem.Findvcredist_x86.exeforVisualC++
2008andinstallitonyourWindowssystem.
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MPORTANTTheinstallerreplacesboththevSphereSDKforPerlandvCLI.Tokeepanolderversion,
installthispackageonadifferentsystem.