You can use the

com.vmware.esx.hcl.CompatibilityData

service to retrieve information about the compatibility data or to update the local compatibility data on a

vCenter Server

instance. To retrieve information about the compatibility data stored on your

vCenter Server

instance,

call the

get()

method

. To update the local compatibility data with the latest version available from the official VMware source,

call the

update_Task()

method

.