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I am new to virtualization development, where can I get more information?
Start by reviewing VMware information on virtualization and getting started with vSphere SDKs.

Build a vSphere management solution using VMware vSphere Web Services SDK
The VMware vSphere Web Services SDK provides a powerful and flexible toolkit for software developers to build management applications for the vSphere platform.

Tool for managing everyday vSphere tasks using VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface (vSphere CLI) & VMware vSphere PowerCLI
The VMware vSphere CLI provides command-line interface tools for managing vSphere ESX and ESXi servers.
VMware vSphere PowerCLI provides a Windows PowerShell interface to the vSphere API. vSphere PowerCLI includes PowerShell Cmdlets, and documentation for administering vSphere components.

Deploy agents / scripts on a virtual appliance with VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is a prepackaged Linux virtual machine in which administrators can deploy scripts and select third-party agents to manage ESX and ESXi systems. Software included in vMA includes vSphere CLI, an authentication component that supports non-interactive login, and a log collection component.

Manage my Virtual Machines with VMware vSphere Guest SDK & VMware VIX API
The VMware vSphere Guest SDK provides fast access to resource management information. VIX provides a programming interface for managing and automating the OS guests inside your virtual machines.

Build a solution for accessing Virtual Disks with VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit
The VDDK is a collection of C libraries, code samples, utilities, and documentation to help developers create or access VMware virtual disk storage. Several new capabilities including support for vSphere 4.0, reading and writing virtual disks across SAN and hot-add transports and a new API to mount virtual disks.

Build an Appliance width VMware Studio, and VMware Open Virtualization Format Tool
VMware Studio provides mechanisms for authoring, on-site management, distributing and deployment of production-ready virtual appliances. VMware OVF Tool is a command line utility that supports importing and exporting of OVF packages.

Automate my vCenter Lab Manager with the VMware Lab Manager API
The Lab Manager SOAP API Guide helps you develop applications that use Lab Manager Web service data, you can automate tasks, or integrate VMware Lab Manager with other software testing tools.

Create build a hardware management solution with VMware CIM SDK (SMASH, SMI-S) & VMware vSphere SNMP MIB Modules
The VMware CIM APIs provide a Common Information Model (CIM) interface for developers building management applications. With the VMware CIM APIs, developers can use standards-based CIM-compliant applications to manage ESX/ESXi hosts. To learn more about our CIM packages including CIM SMASH, CIM Storage API review our CIM documentation and sample code. Download a zip file containing the set of SMIv2 (RFC2578/STD58) compliant MIB modules for use with ESX/ESXi and vCenter along with related implementation notes. These MIB modules support all ESX, ESXi and vCenter product releases through version 4.0. See chapter 5 (Configuring Hosts and vCenter Server: SNMP and vSphere) in the vSphere Basic System Administration guide.

What is the latest technology to evaluate?
vSphere SDK for Java (Technology Preview) is an easier way to build vSphere Management applications. It is based on the Axis2 SOAP toolkit for faster performance. The vSphere SDK for Java defines a client-side data model which provides utility functions that make it easier to access data from the server. VProbes is a facility for transparently instrumenting a powered-on guest operating system, its currently running processes, and VMware's virtualization software. VProbes provides, both dynamically and statically.

Build work flows using VMware vCenter Orchestrator APIs
vCenter Orchestrator is an workflow automation and orchestration platform. Workflows can be developed to automate operations in vSphere. The plugin serves up features and functionality from external systems in Orchestrator so they could be integrated into workflows. The web service API provides an interface by which workflows can be called and interacted with.