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5 Replies Last post: Nov 24, 2009 1:22 PM by lamw

vimService.wsdl - connect.pl posted: Nov 4, 2009 4:39 AM

varaway

10 posts since
Jun 3, 2009

hello,

i have installed vSphere ESX 4 and vCenter 4. On the ESX, I installed the vim Perl vdk Toolkit.
/usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/general ....
perl connect.pl --url https://server_name/sdk/vimService --username xxxxx --password xxxxxxx

I get this error:
Error: Server version unavailable at 'https://server_name:443/sdk/vimService.wsdl'

Have anywhere an idea?
best regards
Andi

Re: vimService.wsdl - connect.pl

1. Nov 4, 2009 7:01 AM

in response to: varaway

lamw

3,507 posts since
Nov 27, 2007

You're specifying the incorrect URL address for the --url parameter.

The url should look like the following: https://<your_server>/sdk

e.g.

[vi-admin@scofield ~]$ /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/general/connect.pl --url https://himalaya.primp-industries.com/sdk --username root
Enter password:

Connection Successful
Server Time : 2009-11-04T15:03:01.300745Z

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Re: vimService.wsdl - connect.pl

2. Nov 4, 2009 11:20 PM

in response to: varaway

varaway

10 posts since
Jun 3, 2009

hello,
ok I tried this url, but I get the same error.

~~root@server~~# perl connect.pl --url https://server_name/sdk --username xxx --password xxx
Error: Server version unavailable at 'https://server_name/sdk/vimService.wsdl'

Thanks Andi

Re: vimService.wsdl - connect.pl

3. Nov 5, 2009 7:09 AM

in response to: varaway

lamw

3,507 posts since
Nov 27, 2007

What OS are you executing the vCLI off of? This should be running on one of the supported OSes (Windows/Linux) or you can use VMware vMA which is a RHEL virtual appliance.

Re: vimService.wsdl - connect.pl

4. Nov 24, 2009 12:31 PM

in response to: lamw

fitzie22

327 posts since
Mar 10, 2006

I am new to SDK and we are implementing monitoring of our hosts with HP Openview and it needs to go to https://servername/sdk I have read and read and i can't find anything that is straigt forward as to how to get that running. I downloaded the vim.wsdl and vimService.wsdl files but I am not 100% sure what to do with them.. I have the Remote Cli utility but no perl script labeled in the previous post. any help would be much appreciated.

thanks

Dan

Re: vimService.wsdl - connect.pl

5. Nov 24, 2009 1:22 PM

in response to: fitzie22

lamw

3,507 posts since
Nov 27, 2007

Please take a look at this document if you're new to the vSphere API/SDKs: Getting Started with vSphere SDKs

Depending on the language of choice, you'll need to download the appropriate wrappers and if you're using Perl, then you'll need to install the vCLI which includes the Perl wrapper: vSphere SDK for Perl which is also accessible if you download the vMA virtual appliance.

Here is another doc that'll get you started with using vSphere SDK for Perl: Getting Started with the vSphere SDK for Perl

=========================================================================
William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009
VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/
Twitter: @lamw
vGhetto Script Repository
Getting Started with the vMA (tips/tricks)
Getting Started with the vSphere SDK for Perl
VMware Code Central - Scripts/Sample code for Developers and Administrators
VMware Developer Comuunity

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