api communication with linked mode vcenter

[mm6]

Can the API on one vcenter manage entities on another linked vcenter? The inventory in the linked vcenter doesn't seem to show up anywhere in the MOB.

The linked vcenter can be managed in the vcenter gui, but is this just the gui knowing to send api requests to the other vcenter? Does the API know anything about linked mode?

[lamw · Accepted solution]

No, It can not cross manage. By setting up Linked Mode from what I understand, it just provides you connections to both vCenter. Linked Mode also uses ADAM to replicate the permissions between Linked VC's but you still need to send the proper API calls to the appropriate vCenter if you want to perform a specific operation on a given entity. It's not really a "federated" vCenter, but just allowing multiple connections in a single view or pane of glass.

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