VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

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Connect a solution to ESX Agent Manager

To connect a solution to ESX Agent Manager, you must obtain connection information from the
vCenter Server
 in which you run the solution. You pass a reference to the
EsxAgentManager
 instance that is running in
vCenter Server
 to the solution.
  • Obtain the following information from the
    vCenter Server
     instance on which you run a solution:
    • The
      vCenter Server
       host ID.
    • The HTTPS proxy port for
      vCenter Server
      .
    • The session cookie for the current user session in which the solution is logged in as an extension.
    • The managed object reference (MoRef) of the ESX Agent Manager instance that is running in the
      vCenter Server
       instance.
You pass the connection information to a solution by calling the appropriate methods from the vSphere API.
If you integrate your solution with the vCenter Extension vService, the vService obtains the
vCenter Server
 connection information for you. See How do I integrate an extension with the vCenter Extension vService.
You can define the connection to
vCenter Server
 in the
MyVimConnection.java
 class and the connection to ESX Agent Manager in the
MyEamConnection.java
 class.
The
MyVimConnection
 class defines methods to obtain the
vCenter Server
 host ID, HTTPS proxy, and the session cookie. The
MyManager.java
 class implements
MyVimConnection
 to connect to the
vCenter Server
 on which your solution is running. See Connect the extension to vCenter Server.
  1. Establish a connection to the
    vCenter Server
     instance on which the solution runs.
    Your solution can establish the connection to
    vCenter Server
     in the
    MyVimConnection.java
     class.
  2. Create an instance of the
    ManagedObjectReference
     object of type
    EsxAgentManager
    .
    The
    MyEamConnection.java
     class can define a constructor that creates a MoRef named
    _myeamRef
     and a method named
    getEsxAgentManager()
     that returns the MoRef to the solution.
    public MyEamConnection(String vcHost, int vcHttpsProxyPort, String sessionCookie) {
 [...]

 _myeamRef = new ManagedObjectReference();
 _myeamRef.setType("EsxAgentManager");
 _myeamRef.setValue("EsxAgentManager"); 
}

 [...]

 public ManagedObjectReference getEsxAgentManager() {
   return _myeamRef; 
}
  3. Connect to the ESX Agent Manager with the URL to the ESX Agent Manager service and the session cookie for the current session in which the solution is logged as an extension.
    The
    MyEamConnection
     class can define a
    connect()
     method that connects to the ESX Agent Manager service.
    public void connect() {
  if (_isConnected) {
    return;
  }

  try {
    [...]

    String myeamUrl = "https://" + _vcHost + ":" + _vcHttpsProxyPort + "/eam/sdk/";
    [...]    
    Map<String, List<String>> map = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
    map.put("Cookie", Collections.singletonList(_sessionCookie));
    ((BindingProvider) _stub).getRequestContext()
            .put(MessageContext.HTTP_REQUEST_HEADERS, map);
    _isConnected = true;
  }
}
You obtained the connection details for
vCenter Server
 and connected a solution to ESX Agent Manager.
Configure ESX agencies and agents to deploy from the solution.

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