Using the MOB to
Navigate the VMware Infrastructure Object Model
Upon successful
connection to the MOB, the browser displays the managed object reference for
ServiceInstance
. Client
applications do not use managed objects directly, but interact with server-side
managed objects by reference, using instances of the
ManagedObjectReference
data
created for this purpose.
The page lists the properties and methods
available through a
ServiceInstance
object. The
ServiceInstance
methods and
properties provide access to the entire set of services and inventory objects
available on the server. See
datacenter-inventory.ditamap#GUID-0BD6B543-2B16-4CBD-9980-459E2B0B864F-en.
Managed Object Browser Connected to a
vCenter Server
The MOB lets you examine the relationships among
objects by looking at the properties and their values, and then drilling down
into the objects. To explore the objects on the server, click the links in the
Value
column to navigate to
the page that displays the object.
For example, to find out more about
ServiceContent
, click the
content
link to display the
ServiceContent
data object
instance.