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New Open Source Project – VMware OpenAPI Generator

Kyle Ruddy posted December 7th, 2018

Since vSphere 6.0, vSphere has been providing more and more REST based APIs.In vSphere 6.5, we introduced a new API Explorer and a number of new REST APIs, these also received significant updates in the vSphere 6.7 release. The vCenter API infrastructure provides json based metadata which describes APIs available in vCenter. This format is Read more...

vSphere 6.7 U1 API Updates

Kyle Ruddy posted October 31st, 2018

vSphere 6.7 U1 is here and it is fantastic! A fully-featured HTML5 client has been released, along with increased support for NVIDIA vGPU or Intel FPGA associated VMs, plus enhancements to HCI, vSAN, and Content Library. However, I’m most excited about some of the new API updates and the capabilities they add! For more information Read more...

Talking Code: Getting Started with the vSphere Automation SDK for Perl

Kyle Ruddy posted October 30th, 2018

We’re only a few days shy of VMworld EU! In preparation for the VMware Code Hackathon, it is a good time to take a look at another one of our SDKs that interact with the vSphere REST API. In this session of Talking Code, I’ll be covering the vSphere Automation SDK for Perl! Getting Started Read more...

What Version of NSX is My VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC Using?

Kyle Ruddy posted September 10th, 2018

VMware Cloud on AWS is making a switch to the service’s underlying networking and security platform. This move is being done in order to provide access to services such as distributed firewall, security groups, route-based VPN connections, and more. In order to accomplish this move, SDDCs will be transitioned from NSX-V to NSX-T. More information Read more...

Automating File-Based Backup of vCenter Server Appliance with Python

Kyle Ruddy posted August 2nd, 2018

Did you know the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) has file-based backup options? This ability was actually released in vSphere 6.5. However, there was one feature in particular that was missing: a scheduler. I’m happy to say that as part of vSphere 6.7, the VCSA received a backup scheduler! Recently, my teammate, Emad Younis released a Read more...