Target Platform: vSphere 4.0 and VMware Infrastructure 3.X
Overview
The VMware vSphere Web Services SDK provides a powerful and flexible toolkit for software developers to build management applications for the vSphere platform.
The VMware CIM APIs provide a Common Information Model (CIM) interface for developers building management applications. With the VMware CIM APIs, developers can use standards-based CIM-compliant applications to manage ESX/ESXi hosts. To learn more about our CIM packages including CIM SMASH, CIM Storage API review our CIM documentation and sample code.
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VMware CIM SMASH/Server Management API Documentation
Common Information Model (CIM) is an interface based on industry standards for building ESX/ESXi management applications. CIM SMASH/Server Management API features profiles compatible with the DMTF's System Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) initiative. SMASH profiles allow CIM clients to monitor system health of a managed server.
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VMware vSphere SNMP MIB Modules
Download a zip file containing the set of SMIv2 (RFC2578/STD58) compliant MIB modules for use with ESX/ESXi and vCenter along with related implementation notes. These MIB modules support all ESX, ESXi and vCenter product releases through version 4.0.
See chapter 5 (Configuring Hosts and vCenter Server: SNMP and vSphere) in the vSphere Basic System Administration guide.
