Appendix A: API Calls for VMware Inventory Collection
The stand-alone VMware inventory agent connects to the VMware SDK URL (https://<servername>/sdk) on each
target VMware server. This connection requires an account with read access to the SDK URL.. Once a connection is established with the target VMware
server, the agent makes the following API calls through the SDK:
| API name | Description |
|---|---|
GetServiceContent |
A single call is made to this API to retrieve the ServiceInstance to
enable further queries. |
RetrieveProperties: Host Information |
A single call is made against the root folder to return information about each host
server with the following attributes:
|
RetrieveProperties: VM Information |
A call is made against each returned HostSystem to obtain the
following attributes for each virtual machine that exists on the host:
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