Using the vSphere API in vCenter Server to collect ESXTOP & vscsiStats metrics — via virtuallyGhetto
Using the vSphere API in vCenter Server to…
Back in 2013, I wrote two articles here and here on how to use the Service Manager API that was introduced in vSphere 5.1 to remotely collect ESXTOP and vscsiStats metrics. At the time, I was told that this API was only available when connecting directly to an ESXi host using the vSphere API.