[PH95VuimJjqBqy]

As someone with a vast amount of experience automating vsphere, this is made up bullshit.

API access got a lot better once they introduced the powershell API (which can also be used via C#) but the solution you're describing is the result of people not knowing what they're doing.

[genmud]

It looks like the automation api was introduced in 2021. (!!!)

I stopped using it in like 2014 or 2015 after years of requesting improvements (like better ways to automate things without stuff breaking all the time).

[mianos]

Me too. I have not touched it for over 2 years and big clients sre unlikely to make huge upgrades quickly anyway.

It sounds great they have arrived at the 20th century. Powershell and C#? Don't tell me it is SOAP and all XML? I kinda like the way most cloud apis are just REST and json under the hood with vendor supported python packages that work well on all major platforms.

[PH95VuimJjqBqy]

This sounds like a Ruby on Rails developer who cannot fathom that not everyone thinks having to update their framework every 6 months is unacceptable.

[PH95VuimJjqBqy]

PowerCLI is something like 10+ years old, and all it did was used the existing API's but put a pretty sheen on it for those that were confused by the graph ideas used in their full-on API.

[gemstones]

This was almost a decade ago, I assume (hope?) things have changed in a decade of trying. But it was official VMWare advice! It was literally in their documentation too.