Retrieving the ServiceInstance Object on a vSphere Host

You can retrieve the ServiceInstance object to access the ServiceContent or to retrieve the current time on an ESX/ESXi or vCenter Server system.

If you want to retrieve the current time, you must retrieve a ServiceInstance object and call its CurrentTime() method. You can use the Vim::get_service_instance() subroutine to retrieve the object.

To retrieve the current VMware host time

1	Connect to the VMware host:

Util::connect();

2	Retrieve the ServiceInstance object:

my $service_instance = Vim::get_service_instance();

3	Retrieve the current host time:

$service_instance->CurrentTime();