VI Perl Toolkit 1.5 Released Jan. 17th 2008

The latest version (1.5) of the formidable VI Perl Toolkit was released last week. What does the new download hold in store for eager developers? Well:

- Supports connecting to and managing VC 2.5, ESX 3.5, and ESX 3i servers

- Increased supported platform support (that you can install the VI Perl Toolkit on)

- The virtual appliance containing the VI Perl Toolkit is now in Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF)

- A whole new slew of documentation

- A new Web-services library that enables SMASH and CIM management of ESX servers (experimental)

The new version of the toolkit has also fixed some pressing issues lingering from 1.0:

- The scripts finally prompt for passwords so the passwords are not available in process lists.

- Can handle special characters in element names (such as spaces)

For a full list of updates check out VMware’s VI Perl Toolkit 1.5 Release notes. Download the VI Perl Toolkit 1.5 at VMware’s website and start your code engines!