Create VM fail optional value is mandatory about pyvmomi-community-samples HOT 2 OPEN

I think the --esx-ip parameter is a bit of a misnomer. Based on the fault line:

  File "create_vm.py", line 31, in create_vm
    destination_host = pchelper.get_obj(content, [vim.HostSystem], host_ip)

it is trying to find a host that has the name with the esx-ip. If your hosts are added with the host name, or qualified domain name (e.g. esx1, or esx1.example.com), then you should use that name as the argument.

The sample could have been better/cooler if it leveraged another method:

si.content.searchIndex.FindByIp(dc, hostIp, False)

but alas, it did not and should have been clearer of what the parameter is expecting.

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It definitely does not use IP address, as @prziborowski said, it takes the fqdn, I used localhost.localdomain in my case.

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