An Introduction to VMware Plug-ins

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Information

Title: 

An Introduction to VMware Plug-ins

Author(s): 

Xtravirt (Paul Davey)

Target Audience: 

Technical - Advanced

First Published: 

26 May 2009

Products: 

VMware View, Virtual Infrastructure, Plug-ins, Powershell, VI Toolkit

UID: 

XD10024

This Xtravirt white paper provides an introduction to VMware plug-ins, what they are and how to create them.

VMware vCenter 2.5 introduced a framework for the creation of custom plug-ins.  This shows you how to actually do it

Overview

The release of VMware vCenter 2.5 brought with it the ability to use plug-ins, together with a framework which allows the creation of custom plug-ins. This is in addition to Update Manager and VMware Converter which VMware had already produced for vCenter.

This Xtravirt white paper provides an introduction to VMware plug-ins, what they are and how to create them.

Key Concepts:

• Introduction to VMware Plug-ins and what they are
• Walkthrough on creating a plugin
• What to do next

References

Links: 

1. Powershell Registration Utility, http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-4521
2. Perl Registration Utility, http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-4530
3. Java Registration Utility, http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-4550