vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide - Documentation - VMware

vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide
3 Refining vSphere SDK for Perl Scripts 33
Creating and Using Filters 33
Using Filters with Vim::find_entity_view() or Vim::find_entity_views() 33
Filtering Views Selectively Using Properties 35
Using View Subroutines with a Properties Argument 35
Using Filters on the Utility Application Command Line 36
Retrieving the ServiceInstance Object on a vSphere Host 36
Saving and Using Sessions 36
Saving Sessions 36
Loading Sessions 37
Using Multiple Sessions 37
Learning About Object Structure Using Data::Dumper 38
Specifying Untyped Arguments in Scheduled Tasks and Callbacks 39
Using Advanced Subroutines 40
Opts::get_config() 40
4 vSphere SDK for Perl Subroutine Reference 41
Subroutines in the Opts Package 42
add_options 42
get_option 42
option_is_set 43
parse 43
validate 43
usage 43
Subroutines in the Util Package 44
connect 44
disconnect 44
get_inventory_path 44
trace 45
Subroutines in the Vim Package 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 50
update_view_data 50
A Web Services for Management Perl Library 51
Web Services for Management Overview 51
Required Perl Modules 52
Sample Scripts 53
SOAP Message Construction with WSMan::WSBasic 53
WSMan::WSBasic‐>new 54
register_xml_ns 54
register_class_ns 55
Identify 55
Enumerate 55
PullRelease 56
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