This chapter does not, in general, duplicate information available in other documents. In particular, this chapter does not provide details about any storage or data protection API that you need to use for backing up and restoring virtual machines in vSphere. You should consult separate reference documentation for details about specific API calls.
This chapter emphasizes the use of the vCloud API and SDK for the purpose of managing metadata of the virtual machines and related artifacts in vCloud Director. The vCloud SDK for .NET translates your C# code into REST operations using the vCloud API.
To learn about VMware vCloud and vSphere concepts and usage, refer to the vCloud Director documentation available from the VMware documentation site, https://docs.vmware.com. You can also visit one of the VMware SDK community forums.
