About the vCenter Server Appliance Management API

The vCenter Server Appliance Management API allows you to manage the vCenter Server Appliance, a turnkey solution for managing data centers that feature VMware vCenter Server and VMware ESXi.

Requirements

These release notes apply to the 6.5 release of vSphere.

To use the vCenter Server Appliance Management API, you must install the following:

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5
vSphere Automation SDK 6.5

Install the client bindings for the language you choose:
- vSphere Automation SDK for REST, build #4571894
- vSphere Automation SDK for Python, build #4571810
- vSphere Automation SDK for Java, build #4571808
- vSphere Automation SDK for .NET, build #4571809
- vSphere Automation SDK for Perl, build #4571819
- vSphere Automation SDK for Ruby, build #4571906

Whats New in This Release?

This release introduces the vCenter Server Appliance Management API.

The vCenter Server Appliance provides a fully packaged solution for data center management in a vSphere installation. The Appliance delivers complete life cycle management, including:

Large-scale data center management capability
Rapid deployment
Comprehensive appliance monitoring
Simple backup and recovery of the Appliance
Enterprise level high availability
Low total cost of ownership with no licensing cost for guest operating system or applications

The vCenter Server Appliance Management API provides the capability to:

Control operations in the Appliance
Monitor the health of the vCenter Server instance
Start and stop services
Back up and restore the database and configuration of the vCenter Server instance

Resolved Issues

None.

Known Issues and Workarounds