Java Sample Programs (JAXWS Bindings)

When you download the SDK, you can find the java sample programs and related files in the following directories.

■	SDK\vsphere-ws\java\JAXWS\samples\com\vmware – Top-level directory for Java samples. Details listed in Java Sample Programs.

■	SDK\vsphere-ws\java\JAXWS\samples\com\vmware\security – Credential store utilities

■	SDK\vsphere-ws\java\JAXWS\samples\com\vmware\vim25 – Stub directories. The vim25 directory contains stubs for VirtualCenter 2.5 and later, including vSphere 4.0 and later.

■	SDK\vsphere-ws\java\JAXWS\samples\com\vmware\vm – samples written for a single vm

Java Sample Programs 

Directory	Example		Description
alarm	VMPowerStateAlarm		Creates an alarm to monitor a virtual machine's power state.
events	EventFormat		Retrieves and formats the last event from the host daemon or vpxd. Includes a function that formats the event message.
	EventHistoryCollectorMonitor		Demonstrates how to create and monitor an EventHistoryCollector. Uses the latestPage property of EventHistoryCollector to filter the events.
	VMEventHistoryCollectorMonitor		Standalone client that demonstrates how to perform the following tasks: Logging into the web service. Creating EventHistoryCollector filtered for a single virtual machine. Monitoring events using the latestPage property of the EventHistoryCollector.
general	Browser		Prints all managed entities and for each entity its type, reference value, property name, property value, inner object type, inner reference value and inner property value.
	Connect		Connects to an ESX/ESXi system or a vCenter Server system.
	Create		Creates a managed entity such as a folder, datacenter, or cluster.
	Delete		Deletes a managed entity from the inventory tree. The managed entity can be a virtual machine, a ClusterComputeResource, or a folder.
	GetCurrentTime		Retrieves the current time from the vSphere Server.
	GetHostName		Retrieves the hostname of the ESX Server.
	GetUpdates		Demonstrates how to use the PropertyCollector to monitor one or more properties of one or more managed objects. In particular this sample monitors one or all virtual machines and all hosts or one host for changes to some basic properties.
	LicenseManager		Demonstrates uses of the licensing API using License managed object reference.
	Move		Moves a managed entity from its current location in the inventory to a new location in a specified folder
	PropertyCollector		Illustrates the use of the PropertyCollector API.
	RemoveManagedObject		Destroys or unregisters a managed inventory object like a Host, VirtualMachine, or Folder.
	Rename		Renames a managed entity object.
	SearchIndex		Illustrates the use of the SearchIndex API.
	SimpleClient		Connects to the server, logs in, lists the inventory contents (managed entities) at the console, and logs out.
	TaskList		Displays a list of tasks performed on a specified managed object.
guest	CreateTemporaryFile		Creates a temporary file inside a virtual machine.
	DownloadGuestFile		Downloads a file from the guest to a specified path on the host where the client is running.
	RunProgram		Runs a specified program inside a virtual machine. RunProgram re-directs output to a temporary file inside the guest and downloads the output file.
	UploadGuestFile		Uploads a file from the client machine to a specified location inside the guest operating system.
host	AcquireSessionInfo		Acquires a session with a vCenter Server or ESX host and prints a cim service ticket and related session information to a file.
	AddVirtualNic RemoveVirtualNic		Adds a virtual NIC to a port group on a virtual switch. Removes a virtual NIC from a port group.
	AddVirtualSwitch RemoveVirtualSwitch		Adds a virtual switch to a host. Removes a virtual switch from the host.
	AddVirtualSwitchPortGroup RemoveVirtualSwitchPortGroup		Adds a port group to a virtual switch. Removes a port group from a virtual switch.
	DVSCreate		Creates a distributed virtual switch.
	HostProfileManager		Demonstrates the use of HostProfileManager and ProfileComplainceManager.
	NIOCForDVS		Adds a network resource pool to a distributed virtual switch.
httpfileaccess	GetVMFiles		Retrieves configuration files, snapshots files, log files, and virtual disk files of a virtual machine and places them on the system on which the program is run.
	ColdMigration		Puts virtual machine files into a specified datacenter and datastore and registers and reconfigures the corresponding virtual machine.
performance	Basics		Displays available performance counters or other metadata for an ESX/ESXi host.
	History		Reads performance measurements from the current time, or from a specified start time, for a specified duration.
	PrintCounters		Writes the available counters of a managed entity into the specified file at the specified location. The managed entity can be a host system, a virtual machine, or a resource pool.
	Realtime		Displays performance measurements from the current time at the console.
	VItop		An ESXtop-like sample application that lets administrators specify the CPU and memory counters by name to obtain metrics for a specified host.
	VIUsage		Creates a GUI for graphical representation of the counters.
scheduling	DeleteOneTimeScheduledTask		Demonstrates deleting a ScheduledTask.
	OneTimeScheduledTask		Demonstrates creating a ScheduledTask using the ScheduledTaskManager.
	WeeklyRecurrenceScheduledTaks		Demonstrates creating a weekly recurrent scheduled task.
scsilun	SCSILunName		Displays the CanonicalName,Vendor, Model, Data, Namespace and NamespaceId of the host’s SCSI LUN.
security	credstore	Base64	A fast, memory efficient class that encodes and decodes to and from BASE64 in full accordance with RFC 2045.
		CredentialStore	Creates an example credential store.
		CredentialStoreAdmin	A command-line tool that provides complete access to the credential store backing file on the local machine.
		CredentialStoreFactory	Factory class providing instances of a credential store.
		CredentialStoreImpl	Implementation class for CredentialStoreAdmin.
		CredentialStoreObfuscate	Converts the hostname string to lowercase, so that a uniform representation of the hostname is used to obfuscate and de-obfuscate the password.
		CredentialStoreStorage	This class provides the same functionality as FileInputStream, except that the close() method is overridden so that FileInputStream class’ close() method does not get called.
simpleagent	SimpleAgent		Accesses the local credential store to obtain a single user account to log in to the specified server.
	CreateUsers		Creates a user account and password and stores them in the local credential store.
storage	CreateStorageDRS		Creates storage DRS.
	SDRSRecommendation		Runs storage DRS on an SDRS cluster to obtain SDRS recommendations.
	SDRSRules		Configures rules for an SDRS cluster.
vApp	OVFManagerExportVAPP		Demonstrates the OvfManager by exporting VMDKs and OVF Descriptors of all VMs in the vApps.
	OVFManagerExportVMDK		Demonstrates how the OvfManager exports VMDKs from a VM to the localSystem.
	OVFManagerImportLocal		Use this class to import or deploy an OVF Appliance from a local drive.
	OVFManagerImportVAppFromUrl		Use this class to import or deploy an OVF Appliance from a specified URL.
vim25	This directory contains the Java classes that define the JAXWS bindings to the vSphere API.
vm	VMClone		Locates an existing virtual machine on the vCenter Server system, makes a template from this virtual machine, and deploys instances of the template onto a datacenter.
	VMCreate		Creates a virtual machine. Different command-line input creates the virtual machine in different ways.
	VMDeltaDisk		Creates a delta disk on top of an existing virtual disk in a virtual machine, and simultaneously removes the original disk using the reconfigure API. Use delta disks in conjunction with linked virtual machines.
	VMDiskCreate		Creates a virtual disk.
	VMLinkedClone		Creates a linked virtual machine from an existing snapshot.
	VMManageCD		Configures a CDROM for a virtual machine. Also lists information about the CDROMs associated with a virtual machine.
	VMManageFloppy		Configures a floppy drive for a virtual machine. Also lists information about the floppy drives associated with a virtual machine.
	VMotion		Checks whether migration with VMotion is feasible between two hosts. Performs the migration if the hosts are compatible.
	VMpowerOps		Performs power operations on a virtual machine.
	VMPromoteDisks		Consolidates a linked virtual machine by using the VirtualMachine.PromoteDisks method.
	VMReconfig		Reconfigures a virtual machine. Includes reconfiguring the disk size and disk mode.
	VMRelocate		Relocate a linked virtual machine using disk move type.
	VMSnapshot		Performs virtual machine snapshot operations