vSphere 4 perl SDK with ESX 3.5?
I start a project with the ESX 3.5, although we can upgrade to vsphere in a near future. Is it safe to use perl vsphere SDK with ESX 3.5 for now, or I'm better with the 1.6 VIPerl sdk until I can upgrade to vsphere 4?
Thank you
SDK for Perl 4.0 will work against ESX 3.5. There is a compatibility chart in the Installation Guide.
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