Run Your First Script

You can run a script to establish a connection to a host.

Verify that you have successfully installed vSphere SDK for Perl. See the

vSphere SDK for Perl Installation Guide

for information.

Verify that you have access to one of the supported vSphere hosts. Perform a connection check by using the process described in Using the Managed Object Browser to Explore Server-Side Objects.

At a command prompt, change to the

/apps/general

directory.

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\apps\general
/usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps

Run

connect.pl

connect.pl --url https://<host>:<port>/sdk/vimService --username myuser --password mypassword

The script returns an information message and the host time.

You are now ready to run other scripts, or create new scripts.

You can run any utility application with

--help

to display information about its parameters.

VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 6.5