We are using a PHP5 SoapClient to connect to the vSphere web service on VMWare ESX 4.0.0 hosts and poll for general information (mainly with the RetrieveProperties method). Recently a customer upgraded to 4.1.0, and we found that we needed to implement some new support for version 4.1.0.

In looking at the online API reference @ http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk41pubs/ApiReference/vmodl.query.PropertyCollecto..., it is stated that the RetrieveProperties method has been deprecated as of 4.1 and to use the RetrievePropertiesEx method instead.

However, when we attempt to connect to the 4.1.0 host and call the RetrievePropertiesEx method in place of RetrieveProperties, we receive a Soap Fault stating that the RetrievePropertiesEx method is not a valid method of the service. We have since retrieved the WSDL from the host and found that indeed the RetreiveProperties method is not defined, but also more importantly that the RetrievePropertiesEx method (which is suppose to replace it) is not defined either. Is this an issue with the host not having the correct WSDL?

Are there any other methods that can be used in place of RetrieveProperties for version 4.1.0 of the API?

Thank you,

kphan