vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide - Documentation - VMware

vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide
get_session_id
Retrieves the session ID corresponding to the current session.
Parameters
No parameters.
Returns
Session ID cookie for use by load_session().
get_view
Retrieves the properties of a single managed object.
Parameters
Parameter Description
mo_ref Managed object reference obtained from a property of another managed object or a view.
view_type (optional) Type of view to construct from the managed object. If the parameter is absent, the subroutine
constructs a view with a type that matches the managed object type name.
Returns
View object containing static copies of a managed object’s property values.
get_views
Retrieves the properties of a set of managed objects.
Parameters
Parameter Description
mo_ref_array Reference to an array of managed object references.
view_type (optional) Type of view to construct from the managed object. If the parameter is absent, the subroutine
constructs a view with a type that matches the name of the managed object type.
Returns
Reference to an array of view objects containing copies of property values for multiple managed objects.
Notes
The Vim::get_views() subroutine takes a reference to an array of managed object references and returns a
reference to an array of view objects. Although the array can contain multiple managed object types, objects
of only one type can be obtained at the same time.
load_session
Uses a saved session file or session cookie for connecting to a server. Use Util::connect() instead of
Vim::login() after loading the session.
You can use save_session() to get a session file or get_session_id() to get a session ID.
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