Python Example of Deploying a VM from a VM Template Library Item

class DeployVmTemplate(SampleBase):
	...
    def _setup(self):
        # Required arguments
        self.item_name = self.args.itemname
        self.datacenter_name = self.args.datacentername
        self.folder_name = self.args.foldername
        self.resource_pool_name = self.args.resourcepoolname
        self.datastore_name = self.args.datastorename

        # Optional arguments
        self.vm_name = self.args.vmname if self.args.vmname else rand('vm-')

        self.servicemanager = self.get_service_manager()
        self.client = ClsApiClient(self.servicemanager)
        self.helper = ClsApiHelper(self.client, self.skip_verification)

        session = get_unverified_session() if self.skip_verification else None
        self.vsphere_client = create_vsphere_client(server=self.server,
                                                    username=self.username,
                                                    password=self.password,
                                                    session=session)

    def _execute(self):
        # Get the identifiers of the resources used for deployment
        item_id = self.helper.get_item_id_by_name(self.item_name)
        assert item_id
        folder_id = get_folder(self.vsphere_client,
                               self.datacenter_name,
                               self.folder_name)
        assert folder_id
        resource_pool_id = get_resource_pool(self.vsphere_client,
                                             self.datacenter_name,
                                             self.resource_pool_name)
        assert resource_pool_id
        datastore_id = get_datastore_id(self.servicemanager,
                                        self.datastore_name)
        assert datastore_id

        # Build the deployment specification
        placement_spec = VmtxLibraryItem.DeployPlacementSpec(
            folder=folder_id,
            resource_pool=resource_pool_id)
        vm_home_storage_spec = VmtxLibraryItem.DeploySpecVmHomeStorage(
            datastore=datastore_id)
        disk_storage_spec = VmtxLibraryItem.DeploySpecDiskStorage(
            datastore=datastore_id)
        deploy_spec = VmtxLibraryItem.DeploySpec(
            name=self.vm_name,
            placement=placement_spec,
            vm_home_storage=vm_home_storage_spec,
            disk_storage=disk_storage_spec)

        # Deploy a virtual machine from the VM template item
        self.vm_id = self.client.vmtx_service.deploy(item_id, deploy_spec)
        self.vm = get_obj_by_moId(self.servicemanager.content,
                                  [vim.VirtualMachine], self.vm_id)
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