VMware VI and vSphere SDK Managing the VMware Infrastructure and vSphere

by Jin, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780137153633
• ISBN10: 0137153635
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-29
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Fully unlock the power of virtualization by writing VMware applications that automate virtual infrastructure management--The definitive guide to writing applications that run on VMware servers and virtual infrastructure. An indispensable tool for every VMware admin and developer. Task-based coverage of VMware's key APIs, with proven code samples. Covers the new vSphere 4.0, including new APIs for managing ESX servers and clusters, VirtualCenter servers, and more. Companies running VMware have already achieved enormous gains through virtualization. The next wave of benefits will come when they reduce the time and effort required to administer VMware. The VMware Software Development Kit (SDK) includes multiple APIs that allow administrators and developers to write programs on top of VMware and across a VMware infrastructure. These APIs, however, are complicated and poorly documented. In this book, VMware senior technical staffer Steve Jin thoroughly demystifies the existing VMware VI SDK, and introduces new APIs that make it easier to take full advantage of the possibilities of virtualization. Jin offers a task-based introduction to VMware's key APIs, and presents proven code that developers and administrators can use in their own applications. He also introduces new APIs that will make it far easier to automate the management of ESX servers, ESX clusters, and VirtualCenter servers; and to develop applications on top of or around VMware platforms. This book goes far beyond VMware's standard reference materials, offering new context and showing how to use multiple API features together to build robust, highly effective VMware solutions.

Author Biography

Steve Jin is a senior member of technical staff at VMware, where he provides guidance to strategic partners, such as IBM, HP, Dell, NetApp, and BEA, who build applications using VI (vSphere) SDK. In his spare time, he created VI (vSphere) Java API opensource project (http://vijava.sf.net), which is widely used by various commercial companies and developers. Jin received his BA, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in control theory (EE) from prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing. Prior to his current job, Jin worked at IBM Research, Rational Software, and ASDC in various engineering and management roles.

 

Jin is the author of two software engineering books published for the Springer Tsinghua Press and the China Electronics Industry Press.

 

Table of Contents

Preface

VMware Infrastructure Overview

VI SDK Basics

Hello VI

Using PropertyCollector and SearchIndex

Introducing VI Java API

Managing Inventory

Managing Host Systems

Managing Virtual Machines and Snapshots

Managing Clusters and Resource Pools

Managing Networking

Managing Storage and Datastores

Events and Alarms

Performance Monitoring

Task and Scheduled Task

User and License Administration

Extending VI Client

Scripting VI SDK with Jython, Perl, and PowerShell

Advanced Topics

The Managed Object Types

The Performance Counters

Cmdlets in IV Toolkit (for Windows)

Unified Modeling Language

VI SDK Web Services

What Is New in vSphere 4.0 SDK?

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