Information Containers as Managed Objects

VMware documentation introduces you to the concept of the managed object and its handle, called a managed object reference (moRef). You might be tempted to get configuration and status information of managed objects using a piecemeal approach. This has the severe disadvantage of creating a lot of chatter over the server connection, so it is very slow. A mechanism has been created to provide status information efficiently: the PropertyCollector, discussed in PropertyCollector Data.