Paul Davey, CTO of Xtravirt, has written and published an article over at www.xtravirt.com, detailing how to create a plug-in from scratch with a walkthrough to get the VMware View admin webpage displayed in VirtualCenter.

Overview

The release of VMware vCenter 2.5 brought with it the ability to use plug-ins, together with a framework which allows the creation of custom plug-ins. This is in addition to Update Manager and VMware Converter which VMware had already produced for vCenter.

This Xtravirt white paper provides an introduction to VMware plug-ins, what they are and how to create them.

Key Concepts:

• Introduction to VMware Plug-ins and what they are
• Walkthrough on creating a plugin
• What to do next