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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from pyVmomi import vim
+import pyVim.connect
+import atexit
+import argparse
+from pprint import pprint
+import re
+from datetime import datetime
+from dateutil.tz import tzlocal
+import siteconf
+
+site_conf = siteconf.read()
+
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Clone VM from template')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--site',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='name of the site to connect to')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-H', '--host',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='vcenter host name (override site)')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-u', '--user',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='user name')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--passwd',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='password')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+
+def get_vms(content):
+    obj_view = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(
+        content.rootFolder, [vim.VirtualMachine], True)
+    vms_list = obj_view.view
+    obj_view.Destroy()
+    return vms_list
+
+
+def main():
+    args = get_args()
+
+    host, user, passwd = None, None, None
+    if args.site:
+        if not args.site in site_conf:
+            print(f"site not found: {args.site}")
+            exit(1)         
+        host = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter']
+        user = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_user']
+        passwd = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_passwd']
+    if args.host:
+        host = args.host
+    if args.user:
+        host = args.user
+    if args.passwd:
+        host = args.passwd
+
+    if not host or not user or not passwd:
+        print("Missing site / host, user, passwd.")
+        exit(1)
+    #print(f"host {host} user {user} passwd {passwd}")
+
+    si = pyVim.connect.SmartConnectNoSSL(
+        host = host,
+        user = user,
+        pwd = passwd
+        )
+    atexit.register(pyVim.connect.Disconnect, si)
+    content = si.RetrieveContent()
+
+    vms = get_vms(content)
+    for vm in vms:
+        uptime = vm.summary.quickStats.uptimeSeconds
+        if uptime > 86400:
+            days = uptime // 86400
+            uptime %= 86400
+            uptimestr = f"{days:3}d "
+        else:
+            uptimestr = '     '
+        uptimestr += f"{uptime // 3600:2}h"
+        boottime = vm.runtime.bootTime
+        if boottime:
+            boottime = boottime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
+        else:
+            boottime = 'off'
+            uptimestr = '-'
+        print(f"{vm.name:42} {boottime} ({uptimestr})")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+# vim: set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab smarttab: