Refining vSphere SDK for Perl Scripts

This chapter discusses some programming techniques for your vSphere SDK for Perl scripts.

The chapter includes these topics:

■	Creating and Using Filters

■	Filtering Views Selectively Using Properties

■	Retrieving the ServiceInstance Object on a vSphere Host

■	Saving and Using Sessions

■	Using Multiple Sessions

■	Learning About Object Structure Using Data::Dumper

■	Specifying Untyped Arguments in Scheduled Tasks and Callbacks

■	Using Advanced Subroutines