Getting Started with VI Client Plug-ins

With the release of VirtualCenter 2.5, VMware offers third-party developers and partners the ability to extend the VMware Infrastructure Client (VI Client) with their own product-specific menu selections or toolbar icons that provide access to external, Web-based functionality. These extensions, or VI Client Plug-ins, comprise the set of configuration files, URLs, icons, and Web-server-hosted resources that work together to display extended menu items, icons, and other user interface (UI) items in the VI Client and provide access to the external functionality.

Link to the technical Note that provides information about how to extend the VI Client. Provides background concepts as well as step-by-step instructions.

Link to the XML Schema Definition file that defines the elements and their usage for the VI Client Plug-in configuration file.