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Table Of Contents
- vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide
- Contents
- Getting Started with vSphere SDK for Perl
- Writing vSphere SDK for Perl Scripts
- Refining vSphere SDK for Perl Scripts
- Creating and Using Filters
- Filtering Views Selectively Using Properties
- Retrieving the ServiceInstance Object on a vSphere Host
- Saving and Using Sessions
- Using Multiple Sessions
- Learning About Object Structure Using Data::Dumper
- Specifying Untyped Arguments in Scheduled Tasks and Callbacks
- Using Advanced Subroutines
- vSphere SDK for Perl Subroutine Reference
- Web Services for Management Perl Library
- Credential Store Perl Library
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A appliance
Seevirtualappliance.
C CIM(CommonInformationModel)
Asetofobject‐orientedschemasdefinedbytheDMTF(DistributedManagementTaskForce),thatisnot
boundtoanyparticularimplementation.CIMdefineshowmanagedelementsinanetworked
environmentarerepresentedasacommonsetofobjectsandrelationshipsthatmultipleuserscanview,
share,
andcontrol.
CIMON(CIMObjectManager)
AcomponentthatstoresclassdefinitionsandpopulatesrequestsforCIMoperationswithinformation
returnedfromspecificdataproviders.SeealsoCIM(CommonInformationModel).
H hash
Oneormorekey‐valuepairsthatdefineattributesandtheirvalues.
I inventory
Thecollectionofallmanagedentitiesontheserver,thatis,ofallinstancesofHostSystem,Datacenter,
VirtualMachine,ResourcePool,ComputeResource,ClusterComputeResource,andFolder.
M managedentity
OneofthemanagedobjecttypesthatextendstheManagedEntitymanagedobject.
TheManagedEntitymanagedobjecttypeisanabstractclassthatdefinesthebasepropertiesandmethods
forvSphereobjects,thesamekindsofmanageablecomponentsfoundinaphysicalITinfrastructure,such
asdatacentersandhosts.
managedobject
A
server‐sidetypethatencapsulatespropertiesandoperationsavailableontheserver.Differentmanaged
objectsofferdifferentservices(operations,methods).Fromthehighestlevel,thevariousmanagedobject
typesontheserverdefinecommonadministrativeandmanagementservicesonewouldexpecttousein
atypicaldatacenter,servicessuchas
managingperformance(PerformanceManager),findingentities
thatexistintheinventory(SearchIndex),disseminatingandcontrollinglicenses(LicenseManager),and
configuringalarmstorespondtocertainevents(AlarmManager).
managedobjectreference
AtypeofdataobjectthatenablesdistributedcomputingforthevSphereenvironment.Amanagedobject
referenceidentifiesa
specificmanagedobjectontheserver,andencapsulatesthestateandmethodsof
server‐sideobjects,makingthemavailabletoclientapplications.Clientsrunmethods(operations)onthe
serverbypassingtheappropriatemanagedobjectreference(mo_ref)totheserver,inthemethod
invocation.
Glossary