SearchIndex

The
SearchIndex
managed object provides a set of methods to retrieve references to managed objects in the vSphere inventory. You can search by managed objects inventory path, IP address, datastore path, DNS name, and various other identifying attributes.
For example, if you know the IP address of a virtual machine, you can obtain its managed object reference by using the
SearchIndex.FindByIp
method. You can use
SearchIndex
to obtain the reference to a server object, and then use that reference as the starting object for property collection. See the sample applications
SearchIndex.java
and
SearchIndex.cs
for more information about using
SearchIndex
. See the
vSphere API Reference
for more information about
SearchIndex
methods.