This sample illustrates the property collector features added in version 4.1

Parameters:
url            [required] : url of the web service.");
username       [required] : username for the authentication");
password       [required] : password for the authentication");
extension      [required] : Extension to be demonstrated [retrieveproperties |
updates | filterspec | propertycollector]
vmname         [optional] : Name of the virtual machine
maxobjects     [optional] : The maximum number of ObjectContent data objects
that should be returned in a single result
updatetype     [optional] : waitforupdates | checkforupdates| extension
nooftasks      [optional] : Number of tasks to be created

Command Line:
Retrieve Properties Extension
run.bat com.vmware.general.PropertyCollector --url [webserviceurl]
--username [username] --password [password] --extension retrieveproperties
--maxobjects  [maxobjects]

Updates Extension
run.bat com.vmware.general.PropertyCollector --url [webserviceurl]
--username [username] --password [password] --extension updates
--vmname [vm name] --updatetype  [waitforupdates | checkforupdates| extension]

Filter Spec Extension
run.bat com.vmware.general.PropertyCollector --url [webserviceurl]
--username [username] --password [password] --extension filterspec
--vmname [vm name] --noofTasks  [Number of tasks to be created]

Property Collector Extension
run.bat com.vmware.general.PropertyCollector --url [webserviceurl]
--username [username] --password [password] --extension propertycollector

VMware vSphere Web Services Java Samples

This sample was originally released as a part of vSphere 6.0 under license terms that contained a provision that disallowed redistribution in source form. In order to encourage growth of community around VMware samples, these samples are being re-released under a commercially friendly open source license (BSD 3-Clause). See the file header for details.

The samples themselves are identical to the official release version with the exception of a changed copyright and license header on each file.

If you wish to run this sample, please download the official SDK from https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/get-download?downloadGroup=MNGMTSDK600 and follow the provided instructions.