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5 Easy Steps Using vSphere Java API

March 4th, 2010 No comments

In my previous blogs, I have introduced the vSphere API object model, vSphere Java API architecture. I assume you’ve run through the 5 minute Getting Started Tutorials with HelloWorld sample.

Now, let’s take a look on how to use the API in general.

1. Always starts with a ServiceInstance with URL/username/password, or URL/sessionID. For example,

ServiceInstance si = new ServiceInstance(new URL(urlStr), username, password, true);

2. From the ServiceInstance object, you can:

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