vCenter Server Appliance Management API 6.5 Release Notes

Released 15 NOV 2016

This document contains the following information:

About the vCenter Server Appliance Management API

The vCenter Server Appliance Management API allows you to manage the vCenter Server Appliance, a turnkey solution for managing data centers that feature VMware vCenter Server and VMware ESXi.

Requirements

These release notes apply to the 6.5 release of vSphere.

To use the vCenter Server Appliance Management API, you must install the following:

  • vCenter Server Appliance 6.5

  • vSphere Automation SDK 6.5

    Install the client bindings for the language you choose:

    • vSphere Automation SDK for REST, build #4571894
    • vSphere Automation SDK for Python, build #4571810
    • vSphere Automation SDK for Java, build #4571808
    • vSphere Automation SDK for .NET, build #4571809
    • vSphere Automation SDK for Perl, build #4571819
    • vSphere Automation SDK for Ruby, build #4571906

What’s New in This Release?

This release introduces the vCenter Server Appliance Management API.

The vCenter Server Appliance provides a fully packaged solution for data center management in a vSphere installation. The Appliance delivers complete life cycle management, including:

  • Large-scale data center management capability
  • Rapid deployment
  • Comprehensive appliance monitoring
  • Simple backup and recovery of the Appliance
  • Enterprise level high availability
  • Low total cost of ownership with no licensing cost for guest operating system or applications

The vCenter Server Appliance Management API provides the capability to:

  • Control operations in the Appliance
  • Monitor the health of the vCenter Server instance
  • Start and stop services
  • Back up and restore the database and configuration of the vCenter Server instance

Resolved Issues

  • None

Known Issues and Workarounds

  • None