You can modify the EAM Sample Solution to experiment with solution development.
You can add to the function of the EAM Sample Solution by copying the ESX Agent Manager SDK to a working folder in your development environment and adapting the Java files in VMware-vSphere-SDK-5.1.0-build_number\SDK\eam\src and the OVF and vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) files in VMware-vSphere-SDK-5.1.0-build_number\SDK\eam\war.
For example, you can modify the sample solution to perform the following kinds of functions.