Running the Microsoft .NET C# Version of SimpleClient

The SimpleClient sample application connects to a vSphere host, lists the names and reference IDs of the managed objects in the inventory, and disconnects from the host.

Run the SimpleClient C# application

You can use the SimpleClient sample application to test your setup and connectivity.

Prerequisites To Run the SimpleClient C# Application

Verify that the following conditions exist:

■	Your development environment is set up. See Setting Up for C# Development.

■	The SSO DLL is built. See Building the C# SSO DLL.

■	The vSphere DLLs are built. See Building the C# vSphere DLLs.

To run the SimpleClient application

1	Open a Visual Studio Tools command shell.

2	Navigate to the subdirectory where the compiled object code is located.

From the top-level directory of the SDK download, the directory is as follows:

%WS_SDK_HOME%\dotnet\cs\samples\SimpleClient\bin\Debug

3	Run the application, passing at least the service URL, an authenticating user name, and a password on the command line.

For a development environment, you do not need to use SSO or certificate authentication. You can authenticate directly with the server by specifying --disablesso and --ignorecert on the command line. For example:

simpleclient --url https://esx.exampledomain.com/sdk --username root --password secret --disablesso --ignorecert

The application connects to the server and displays a list of inventory objects managed by the server.

Example: Sample Output of a Successful Run of SimpleClient

Object Type : Datacenter

Reference Value : ha-datacenter

Property Name : name

Property Value : ha-datacenter

Object Type : Folder

Reference Value : ha-folder-root

Property Name : name

Property Value : ha-folder-root