在vmware的api中提供以下列表中的对象，称作ManagedObjectReference，包括虚拟机信息、主机、数据中心等等一些信息，我们可以通过vcenter的web api得到。
下面我们来通过它的api获取dc。
1 List<String> arguments = new List<string>(); 2 arguments.AddRange( 3 new string[]{ 4 "--url", "https://192.168.0.160/sdk", 5 "--username", "administrator@vsphere.local", 6 "--password", "P@ssw0rd", 7 //"--datacentername","dc", 8 //"--srcname", "", 9 //"--vmname", "", 10 //"--hostname","", 11 //"--storagename","", 12 //"--disksize","", 13 //"--privateip","", 14 //"--privatesubnetmask", "", 15 //"--cpunums","", 16 //"--memorymb","", 17 "--disablesso", "true", 18 "--ignorecert", "true" 19 }); 20 try 21 { 22 System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder(); 23 24 AppUtil.AppUtil util = AppUtil.AppUtil.initialize("SearchIndex", constructOptions(), arguments.ToArray()); 25 util.connect(); 26 27 ManagedObjectReference hostMor = util._svcUtil.GetDecendentMoRef(null, "HostSystem", "192.168.0.161"); 28 sb.AppendLine(string.Format("host is {0}<br />", hostMor.Value)); 29 ManagedObjectReference dcMor = util._svcUtil.getEntityByName("Datacenter", "dc"); 30 sb.AppendLine(string.Format("dc is {0}<br />", dcMor.Value)); 31 32 ManagedObjectReference sMor = new ManagedObjectReference(); 33 sMor.type = "ServiceInstance"; 34 sMor.Value = "ServiceInstance"; 35 VimService service = new VimService(); 36 service.Url = util.get_option("url"); 37 service.CookieContainer = new System.Net.CookieContainer(); 38 ServiceContent sc = service.RetrieveServiceContent(sMor); 39 service.Login(sc.sessionManager, util.get_option("username"), util.get_option("password"), null); 40 41 ManagedObjectReference searchMor = sc.searchIndex; 42 ManagedObjectReference dcMor2 = service.FindByInventoryPath(searchMor, "dc"); 43 sb.AppendLine(string.Format("dc2 is {0}<br />", dcMor2.Value)); 44 45 util.disConnect(); 46 service.Dispose(); 47 48 Response.Write(sb.ToString()); 49 50 } 51 catch (Exception ex) { Response.Write(ex.ToString()); }
上述代码中我们运用了两种不同的代码方式获取数据中心对象，下面是它的运行结果，我们可以看到vcenter在内部用了别称。
在vcenter server中封装了http://ip/sdk的api，开发者可以直接调用。
每个实体下面具有一些属性，文档可以查询Data Object ManagedObjectReference。