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vSphere Management Assistant Documentation

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The vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) allows administrators and developers to run scripts and agents to manage ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server systems. vMA is a virtual machine that includes prepackaged software, a logging component, and an authentication component that supports non-interactive login.

When you use the vSphere Client to deploy vMA to an ESX/ESXi host, you can enter the following URL in the Deploy from URL field of the wizard: http://www.vmware.com/go/importvma/vma4.ovf .

You can learn more about vMA and participate in discussions in the vMA Community.

vMA 4.0

Released 21-May 2009 | Release Notes

Documentation

vSphere Management Assistant Guide Gives background information about vMA, explains how to use the vi-fastpass authentication component and the vi-logger component, explains how to use the vMA CLIs and the vifplib library, and includes a reference to the commands.
vSphere Command-Line Interface documentation Includes the vSphere Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide and the vSphere Command-Line Interface Release Notes.

vMA includes the vSphere CLI.

vSphere SDK for Perl documentation

Includes the vSphere SDK for Perl Installation Guide, vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide, and vSphere SDK for Perl Utility Applications Reference.

vMA includes vSphere SDK for Perl.

 

VIMA 1.0

Released 27-October 2008 | Release Notes

Documentation

VMware Infrastructure Management Assistant Administrator's and Developer's Guide

Gives background information about VIMA 1.0, explains how to use the vi-fastpass authentication component and the vi-logger component, explains how to use the VIMA CLIs and the vifplib library, and includes a reference to the commands.

 

Remote Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide

Explains how to install and execute the VMware Infrastructure Remote CLI and includes a reference to each command.

VIMA includes the Remote CLI.

VI Perl Toolkit Documentation

Includes the VI Perl Toolkit Installation Guide, VI Perl Toolkit Programming Guide, and VI Perl Toolkit Utility Applications Reference.

VIMA includes VI Perl Toolkit.

 

Last updated 21-May-2009