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'module' object has no attribute 'vm'

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#511 opened on Sep 22, 2018

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Hi, please how to resolve this problem?

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Users/khalil/PycharmProjects/vmware/finalScript/pyvmomicreateVM.py", line 34, in vmconf = vim.vm.ConfigSpec(numCPUs=1, memoryMB=mem) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'vm' Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python27\lib\atexit.py", line 24, in _run_exitfuncs func(*targs, **kargs) WindowsError: [Error 32] Le processus ne peut pas acc�der au fichier car ce fichier est utilis� par un autre processus: 'c:\users\khalil\appdata\local\temp\tmp4xh6zd.py' Error in sys.exitfunc: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python27\lib\atexit.py", line 24, in _run_exitfuncs func(*targs, **kargs) WindowsError: [Error 32] Le processus ne peut pas acc�der au fichier car ce fichier est utilis� par un autre processus: 'c:\users\khalil\appdata\local\temp\tmp4xh6zd.py

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The issue reports an AttributeError when accessing vim.vm.ConfigSpec. First, check the pyvmomi documentation for the correct import of ConfigSpec. The error suggests the 'vm' attribute may not exist under the imported module, possibly due to a version mismatch or incorrect import statement. Investigate the pyvmomi API version used and compare with the sample code. Also, ensure the pyvmomi library is properly installed. The traceback shows Python 2.7 and Windows; consider if the issue is platform specific. No comments or maintainer response exist, so the first step is to reproduce the error with a minimal script and verify the library version.