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Table Of Contents
vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide
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OmittingOptionalArgumentsinMethodCalls 31
UpdatingViewObjects 32
3 RefiningvSphereSDKforPerlScripts 33
CreatingandUsingFilters 33
UsingFilterswithVim::find_entity_view()orVim::find_entity_views() 33
FilteringViewsSelectivelyUsingProperties 34
UsingViewSubroutineswithaPropertiesArgument 35
UsingFiltersontheUtilityApplicationCommandLine 35
RetrievingtheServiceInstanceObjectonavSphereHost 36
SavingandUsingSessions 36
SavingSessions 36
LoadingSessions 36
UsingMultipleSessions 37
LearningAboutObjectStructureUsingData::Dumper 38
Specifying
UntypedArgumentsinScheduledTasksandCallbacks 39
UsingAdvancedSubroutines 40
Opts::get_config() 40
4 vSphereSDKforPerlSubroutineReference 41
SubroutinesintheOptsPackage 42
add_options 42
get_option 42
option_is_set 43
parse 43
validate 43
usage 43
SubroutinesintheUtilPackage 43
connect 44
disconnect 44
get_inventory_path 44
trace 44
SubroutinesintheVimPackage 45
clear_session 45
find_entity_view 45
find_entity_views 46
get_service_instance 47
get_service_content 47
get_session_id 48
get_view 48
get_views 48
load_session 48
login 49
logout 49
save_session 49
update_view_data 50
A WebServicesforManagementPerlLibrary 51
WebServicesforManagementOverview 51
RequiredPerlModules 52
SampleScripts 53
SOAPMessageConstructionwithWSMan::WSBasic 53
WSMan::WSBasic>new 54
register_xml_ns 54
register_class_ns 55