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- 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
vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide
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AlladministratorscanusetheutilityapplicationsandsamplescriptsincludedwiththevSphereSDKfor
PerltomanageandmonitorthehostsinthevSphereenvironment.
ExperiencedPerlprogrammerscanexaminethesourcecodefortheavailablescripts.Theycanthen
modifythosescriptsorwritenewscriptsusingthevSphereSDKforPerlsubroutinestoaccesstheobjects
onthevSpherehostandmanipulatethoseobjectsusingPerl.Thisdocumentincludesadiscussionofthe
vSphere
objectmodelandexplainshowyoucanpreviewandretrievetheobjectsandtheirattributesand
methods.
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