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6 vpoller-client - manual page for vpoller-client 0.7.3
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9 Usage:
10 vpoller-client [options] -m <method> -V <host>
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13 -h, --help
14 Display this usage info
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16 -v, --version
17 Display version and exit
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19 -d, --debug
20 Debug mode, be more verbose
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22 -m <method>, --method <method>
23 The method to be processed during the client request
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25 -V <host>, --vsphere-host <host>
26 The vSphere host to send the request to
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28 -n <name>, --name <name>
29 Name of the object, e.g. ESXi hostname, datastore URL, etc.
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31 -p <properties>, --properties <properties>
32 Name of the property as defined by the vSphere Web SDK
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34 -r <retries>, --retries <retries>
35 Number of times to retry if a request times out [default: 3]
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37 -t <timeout>, --timeout <timeout>
38 Timeout after that period of milliseconds [default: 10000]
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40 -e <endpoint>, --endpoint <endpoint>
41 Endpoint of vPoller Proxy/Worker the client connects to
42 [default: tcp://localhost:10123]
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44 -k <key>, --key <key>
45 Provide additional key for data filtering
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47 -c <counter>, --counter <counter>
48 Retrieve performance metrics with this counter name
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50 -s <max-sample>, --max-sample <max-sample>
51 Max number of performance samples to retrieve
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53 -i <instance>, --instance <instance>
54 Performance metric instance name
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56 -T <interval> --perf-interval <interval>
57 Historical performance interval name
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59 -U <username>, --guest-username <username>
60 Username to use for authentication in guest system
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62 -P <password>, --guest-password <password>
63 Password to use for authentication in guest system
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65 -H <helper>, --helper <helper>
66 Specify a helper module to use for processing of the result mes‐
67 sage, e.g. 'vpoller.helpers.zabbix'
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70 vpoller-client -m vm.discover -V vc01.example.org vpoller-client
71 -m vm.discover -V vc01.example.org -p runtime.powerState
72 vpoller-client -m vm.get -V vc01.example.org -n vm01.example.org
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74 vc01.example.org -n vm01.example.org -k /var vpoller-client -m
75 vm.process.get -V vc01.example.org -n vm01.example.org -U user
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79 The full documentation for vpoller-client is maintained as a Texinfo
80 manual. If the info and vpoller-client programs are properly installed
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89vpoller-client 0.7.3 July 2020 VPOLLER-CLIENT(1)