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fordian
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What API to use ?

Hello,

I used to make programs using perl and the VMware vMA (linux) but I am a little bit confused about how to make programs in VB with Visual Studio 2008. What API (vixcom, vixapi, vmware.vim, ...) do I need to reference in Visual Studio to connect to VC and collect info from ESX host or VMs ?

Thank you

Dominic

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tos2k
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VMware´s management API is called VimSdk. That one is well supported for .NET and Java, as well as powershell, perl and python afaik.

Tos2k

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fordian
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vSphere PowerCLI and vSphere Vix are installed because I frequently use them. I saw vixcom.dll or vmware.vim.dll that I can use as Visual Studio references but where I could find vimsdk api ?

With perl I can do everything I want but I would like to do the same thing with a GUI using VB .NET Smiley Happy

Thank you for your help

Dominic

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