When you install
vMA, you are
licensed to use the virtual machine that includes all
vMA components.
Important
The
vMA 6.5 release
is the last release of
vSphere
Management Assistant. No future updates to
vMA are
expected. As alternatives to
vMA, you can
use
PowerCLI or
vCLI. For
information, see
vSphere Management Assistant
Deprecation.
vMA includes
the following components:
|
|
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
|
vMA runs SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server on the virtual machine. You can move files between the
ESXi host and the
vMA console by
using the vifs vSphere CLI command.
|
|
VMware Tools
|
The interface to the hyper visor.
|
|
vSphere CLI
|
Commands for managing vSphere from the command
line. See the
vSphere
Command-Line Interface Installation and
Reference
Guide.
|
|
vSphere SDK for Perl
|
A client-side Perl framework that provides a
scripting interface to the vSphere API. The SDK includes utility applications
and samples for many common tasks.
|
|
Java JRE version 1.6
|
The Runtime engine for Java-based applications
built with the vSphere Web Services SDK.
|
|
vi-fastpass
|
Authentication component.
|