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YoucaninstallavSphereSDKforPerlpackageonaLinuxoraMicrosoftWindowssystem,ordeploythe
vSphereManagementAssistant(vMA)onanESXihost.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“InstallationOverview”onpage 15
“OverviewofLinuxInstallationProcess”onpage 16
“InstallingthevCLIPackageonRedHatEnterpriseLinux”onpage 18
“InstallingvCLIonLinuxSystemswithInternetAccess”onpage 19
“UninstallingthevCLIPackageonLinux”onpage 21
“InstallingandUninstallingvCLIonWindowsonpage 21
“UninstallingthevCLIPackageonWindowsonpage 22
“EnablingCertificateVerificationonpage 22
“DeployingvMA”onpage 22
Installation Overview
YoucaninstallavSphereSDKforPerlpackageonasupportedplatformordeploythevMAvirtualmachine
onanESXihost.
InstallablePackage.InstallavSphereSDKforPerlpackageonaphysicalorvirtualmachine.See
“InstallingthevCLIPackageonRedHatEnterpriseLinux”onpage 18,“InstallingvCLIonLinuxSystems
withInternetAccess”onpage 19,and“InstallingandUninstallingvCLIonWindows”onpage 21.
ThevSphereSDKforPerl
installerinstallsbothvSphereSDKforPerlandvCLIbecausemanyvCLI
commandsrunontopofthevSphereSDKforPerl.Thecontentsoftheinstallerpackagediffersfor
differentplatforms.
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Platform Installation Process
Windows TheinstallationpackageincludesvCLI,vSphereSDKforPerl,andprerequisitePerl
modules.