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An Introduction to VMware Plug-ins

Title: An Introduction to VMware Plug-ins
Author(s): Xtravirt (Paul Davey)
Target Audience: Technical - Advanced
Current Revision: 1.0 May 2009
First Published: 26 May 2009
Products: VMware View, Virtual Infrastructure, Plug-ins, Powershell, VI Toolkit
UID: XD10024

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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
Tags
Plug-ins
Plugins
Powershell
vCenter
VI Toolkit
View Manager
Virtual Infrastructure
VMware
VMware View
Hypervisor
Management

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