vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide - Documentation - VMware

trace
Chapter 4 vSphere SDK for Perl Subroutine Reference
General‐purpose logging function used in conjunction with the --verbose command‐line option. Default log
level is 0. Passing the --verbose flag without a value sets the level to 1.
Parameters
Parameter Description
loglevel Numeric value that specifies the log level. Default is 0.
message String that specifies the associated loglevel value.
Returns
Returns nothing.
Subroutines in the Vim Package
The Vim package includes the following subroutines:
“clear_session” on page 45
“find_entity_view” on page 45
“find_entity_views” on page 46
“get_service_instance” on page 47
“get_service_content” on page 47
“get_session_id” on page 48
“get_view” on page 48
“get_views” on page 48
“load_session” on page 48
“login” on page 49
“logout” on page 49
“save_session” on page 50
“update_view_data” on page 50
clear_session
Terminates the current session loaded by the load_session() subroutine.
Parameters
No parameters.
Returns
Returns nothing.
find_entity_view
Searches the inventory tree for a managed entity that matches the specified entity type. The search begins with
the root folder unless the begin_entity parameter is specified.
In most cases, you specify a filter or property when using this command to avoid performance problems. See
“Creating and Using Filters” on page 33 and “Filtering Views Selectively Using Properties” on page 35.
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