Common vSphere SDK for Perl Tasks
The vSphere SDK for Perl includes utility applications and sample scripts for common administration tasks.
| Task | Script | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery (logging in) | connect.pl | /apps/general |
| Performance monitoring | viperformance.pl (retrieves performance counters from host) | /apps/performance |
| Virtual machine power operations | vmcontrol.pl | /apps/vm |
| Virtual machine snapshot and restore functionality | vmsnapshot.pl, snapshotmanager.pl | /apps/vm |
| Virtual machine migration | vmmigrate.pl | /apps/vm |
| Host operations, for example, adding a standalone host to a vCenter Server system, shutting down and rebooting a host, and so on | hostops.pl | /apps/host |
| Viewing or changing of CPU or memory share allocation on a virtual machine | sharesmanager.pl | /apps/vm |
Some tasks require additional scripting. See Writing vSphere SDK for Perl Scripts.