vSphere provides the PropertyCollector service for accessing data and monitoring changes. Use the RetrievePropertiesEx to obtain values of managed object properties, and WaitForUpdatesEx to monitor and retrieve modified property values.
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Introduction to the PropertyCollector PropertyCollector service provides a way to monitor and retrieve information about managed objects, such as whether a host in a cluster is offline, or whether a virtual machine is powered on.vSphere Data Objects for Property Collection PropertyCollector data objects are used to specify objects and properties for the collector to retrieve.vSphere Methods for Property Collection PropertyCollector supports the following approaches to obtaining objects and properties from the server: Using the PropertyCollector with RetrievePropertiesEx RetrievePropertiesEx method.Retrieve a Property from a Specified Managed Object PropertyCollector to retrieve a property from a single VirtualMachine object with the RetrievePropertiesEx method, by obtaining a managed object reference to the parent object of the VirtualMachine in the inventory.Retrieve Properties from a Set of Managed Objects with a View PropertyCollector with a ContainerView to retrieve properties from multiple VirtualMachine objects with the RetrieveProperiesEx method.Property Collector Program in Java for Web Services SDK PropertyCollector provides a powerful, flexible, and efficient way to collect data from a vCenter Server or ESXi host.Inventory Traversal PropertyCollector can traverse the server inventory in arbitrary ways, enabling you to follow links between related objects. Client Data Synchronization with WaitForUpdatesEx CreateFilter and WaitForUpdatesEx methods. WaitForUpdatesEx supports an incremental retrieval model. Server Data Transmission PropertyCollector Performance PropertyCollector for any given session.SearchIndex SearchIndex managed object provides a set of methods to retrieve references to managed objects in the vSphere inventory. You can search by managed objects inventory path, IP address, datastore path, DNS name, and various other identifying attributes.
