Folks - we are very excited about what is new in our SDKs and Toolkits and encourage everyone to start asking questions and discussing the APIs / Toolkits you used during the Beta and Release Candidate Programs.
First thing you need to know is that we have changed the names to support the vSphere platform. See chart below.
| Audience | VI 3.X | vSphere 4.0 |
| Developer | VI SDK | vSphere Web Services SDK |
| Developer | VI Perl Toolkit | vSphere SDK for Perl |
| Developer | VI SDK for Java (Tech Preview) | vSphere SDK for Java (Tech Preview) |
| Developer | Guest SDK | vSphere Guest SDK |
| Administrator | VI Toolkit for Windows | vSphere PowerCLI |
| Administrator | VI RCLI | vSphere vCLI |
| Administrator | VI Management Assistant | vSphere Management Assistant |
Our SDKs and Toolkits support the new vSphere features and are backward compatible with your applications you have written for VI 3.x (from VI SDK 2.5 and up). (Warning I am in marketing - but if you have run into any compat. issues please let us know)
We will also be making some website changes and will keep the community posted as we progress.
In terms of availability we will be releasing our SDKs and Toolkits at the same time as the vSphere platform releases.
Thanks for your support - please keep the feedback coming and leverage our communities to share ideas, get answers.
One more thing in terms of RC access, please work with your local VMware representative for access. TAP Partners should use the http://www.vmware.com/partners/tap-vi-beta.html?elq=29193AF14EA640589E1C76856F80692C
Regards,
Pablo Roesch
http://vmware.com/developer
