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VMware Server Administration Guide
52 VMware, Inc.
Installing VmPerl and VmCOM APIs on a Windows Host
On!either!a!Windows!server!host!or!a!Windows!remote!computer,!you!can!use!the!
VmPerl!API!or!the!VmCOM!API.!The!APIs!are!installed!automatically!on!the!VMware!
Server!for!Windows!host!from!the!master!installer!if!you!chose!a!complete!installation.!
You!can!make!the!APIs!available!for!download
!by!customizing!the!download!menu!on!
the!Login!page!of!the!VMware!Management!Interface.!For!more!information,!see!
“Customizing!the!Download!Menu”!on!page 82.
To install the VMware Scripting APIs
1 Choose!Start!>!Run!and!browse!to!the!directory!where!you!saved!the!downloaded!
installer!file!(the!name!is!similar!to!VMware-VmPerlAPI-<xxxx>.exe!or!
VMware-VmCOMAPI-<xxxx>.exe,!where!<xxxx>!
is!a!series!of!numbers!representing!
the!version!and!build!numbers).
The!installer!starts.!
2Click!Next.
3Accept!the!end!user!license!agreement!(EULA),!and!click!Next.