If you have any of these licenses - http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html you'll have full read/write access to the features available from the license type.
ONLY free ESXi version has read-only access to the vSphere API, all other editions has full r/w.
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William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009,2010
VMware scripts and resources at:
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
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The licenses from the above list apply to both ESX and ESXi, ONLY free ESXi license has the limitation I spoke of earlier, ESX does not offer a free version, so you'll be fine.
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William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009,2010
VMware scripts and resources at:
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
If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful".