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2.18. Example: Starting a Virtual Machine using Python

Starting a virtual machine

Example 2.19. Starting a virtual machine using Python

This example starts the virtual machine using the start method. 
from ovirtsdk.api import API 
from ovirtsdk.xml import params

try:
    api = API (url="https://HOST",
               username="USER@DOMAIN",
               password="PASS",
               ca_file="ca.crt")

    vm = api.vms.get(name="vm1")

    try:
        vm.start()
        print "Started '%s'." % vm.get_name()
    except Exception as ex:
        print "Unable to start '%s': %s" % (vm.get_name(), ex)

    api.disconnect()

except Exception as ex:
    print "Unexpected error: %s" % ex
If the start request is successful then the script will output: 
Started 'vm1'.
Note that the status reflects that the virtual machine has been started and is now up.