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vMAinterfacesallowyoutoinitializevi‐fastpass,add,remove,andlisttargetservers,andmanagepasswords.
TheinterfacesareavailableasPerlcommandsandJavamethods.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “vMAInterfaceOverview”onpage 27
 “vifptargetCommandforvi‐fastpassInitialization”onpage 27
 “vifpTargetManagementCommands”onpage 28
 “TargetManagementExampleSequence”onpage 32
 “UsingtheVmaTargetLibLibrary”onpage 33
 “VmaTargetLibReference”onpage 33
vMA Interface Overview
Table 3‐1showswhichinterfacesincludewhichcommandandmethod.
vifptarget Command for vi-fastpass Initialization
Youcanrunthiscommandtoperformthefollowingtasks:
 Initializevi‐fastpassforthevSphereCLIandthevSphereSDKforPerl.
 Resetfastpasstarget
 Displaytheinitializedfastpasstarget
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Table 3-1. vMA Interface Overview
Interface / Library Commands Methods For More Information
vifptarget vifptarget “vifptargetCommandforvi‐fastpass
Initialization”onpage 27.
vifp
(administrative
interface)
addserver
removeserver
rotatepassword
listservers
reconfigure
“vifpTargetManagementCommands”
onpage 28.
VmaTargetLib
(library)
enumerate_targets
query_target
login
logout
enumerateTargets
queryTarget
login
logout
“UsingtheVmaTargetLibLibrary”on
page 33.