vSphere vCenter Storage Monitoring Service API Reference Documentation

Welcome to the vSphere vCenter Storage Monitoring Service API Reference documentation. This API reference provides comprehensive information about all operations (methods) and data structures available through the vSphere vCenter Storage Monitoring Service API (SMS API).

The VMware vCenter Storage Monitoring Service (SMS) is a Web Service that runs on the vCenter Server host. You use the SMS API to connect to the SMS endpoint and retrieve information about storage arrays that are managed by VASA Providers.

• Service Operations [Methods]
• Data object types
• Properties
• Enumerations
• Faults

The SMS API is exposed through the Web service that runs on vCenter Server systems. The API provides access to several query and synchronization operations, available from the SMS service interface (SmsServiceInstance).

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