I am trying to create a VM by constructing my own VirtualMachineConfigSpec object and calling CreateVM_Task but the operation is failing with the error: The request refers to an unexpected or unknown type.
vCenter 5.5 logs show:
2015-06-27T16:32:11.005-07:00 [05908 error 'Default' opID=58d52058] Section for VMware VirtualCenter, pid=6292, version=5.5.0, build=1312298, option=Release
-->
2015-06-27T16:32:11.011-07:00 [05908 info 'commonvpxLro' opID=58d52058] [VpxLRO] -- FINISH task-2650 -- group-v165 -- vim.Folder.createVm --
2015-06-27T16:32:11.011-07:00 [05908 info 'Default' opID=58d52058] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-2650 -- group-v165 -- vim.Folder.createVm: vmodl.fault.InvalidType:
--> Result:
--> (vmodl.fault.InvalidType) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> argument = "ManagedObjectReference",
--> msg = "",
--> }
--> Args:
-->
My VirtualMachineConfigSpec XML is as follows.
