Limitations of
Programming for the
The
supports several programming interfaces for monitoring
appliance health and performance, managing network configuration, security
hardening, and other functions. The
also supports several user interfaces, which offer
overlapping sets of functionality.
You can perform many operations
with the
. But some operations in the
do not allow you to specify every detail of the operation.
To access more completely the capabilities of such operations, you must use the
API.
However, the API cannot access
all the capabilities. A few special features require direct shell access or
special user interfaces. See
Supplementing the vCenter Server Appliance API.