VMware ESXI - 6.5 Installation Manual

vSphere SDK for Perl Installation Guide

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Contents

About This Book 5

Installing vSphere SDK for Perl 7

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Installation Overview 7

Overview of Linux Installation Process 8

Installing the vCLI Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Installing Required Prerequisite Software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 11

Installing the vCLI Package on RHEL with No Internet Access 11

Installing vCLI on Linux Systems with Internet Access 12

Installing Prerequisite Software for Linux Systems with Internet Access 12

Install the vCLI Package on a Linux System with Internet Access 14

Uninstall the vCLI Package on Linux 15

Installing and Uninstalling vCLI on Windows 15

Install the vCLI Package on Windows 15

Uninstall the vCLI Package on Windows 16

Enabling Certicate Verication 16

Deploying vMA 16

Index 17

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About This Book

vSphere SDK for Perl Installation Guide provides information about installing the vSphere SDK for Perl.
VMware® provides several SDK products, each of which targets dierent developer communities and
platforms. This guide is for administrators who want to run vSphere SDK for Perl scripts on vSphere
systems and for developers who want to develop vSphere SDK for Perl scripts for vSphere systems.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for anyone who installs the vSphere SDK for Perl. All users must understand how to
modify and run Perl scripts on the platform of their choice.

VMware Technical Publications Glossary

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