Vmware 免费 ESXi和API/ CLI支持

我觉得这是一个相当不错的关于这一主题的理解，但问题还是来了，曾经在一段时间VI的Java API社区和我的收件箱。有些人得到了错误，而试图通过API管理ESXi服务器。的API免费ESXi的支持是有限的，准备仅根据一个VMware知识库文章：

vCLI, PowerCLI, and vSphere SDk for Perl are limited to read-only access for the free vSphere Hypervisor edition. To enable full functionality of vCLI on a VMware ESXi host, the host must be licensed with vSphere Essentials, vSphere Essential Plus, vSphere Standard, vSphere Advanced, vSphere Enterprise, or vSphere Enterprise Plus.

Note:

1. The vSphere Hypervisor mentioned is the ESXi.
2. It’s not limited to vCLI, PowerCLI, and vSphere SDK for Perl, but any other like VI Java API. They all built on top of vSphere SDK for Web Services, therefore have the same limitation.
3. You can find comparisons of ESX and ESXi 4.0, 3.5.

To use full vSphere API/CLI with ESXi, you got to have a license. So if you have issue with API calls or CLI scripts, don’t forget to check your ESXi server license.

As a side story, the API was once unlocked unintentionally due to a bug fix on free ESXi 3.5 U3 as covered by Mike in his blog. Check it out here.