ESXI VM Switching

import socket
import time
from pysphere import VIServer

active = True
majorVM = ""
minorVM = ""
activeVM = majorVM
port = 80

esxi_major_host = ""
esxi_minor_host = ""
esxi_user = ""
esxi_pass = ""

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sock.settimeout(2)
while active:
    try:
        result = sock.connect_ex((activeVM, port))
        if result == 0:
            print 'port OPEN'
        else:
            if activeVM == majorVM:
                # подключиться к дублирующему серверу esxi
                server = VIServer()
                server.connect(esxi_minor_host, esxi_user, esxi_pass)
                vm = server.get_vm_by_name(minorVM)
                vm.start_process() # вызвать команту, которая поменяет ип
                server.disconnect()

                server.connect(esxi_major_host, esxi_user, esxi_pass)
                vm = server.get_vm_by_name(majorVM)
                vm.power_off()
                server.disconnect()

                activeVM = minorVM
                # запустить уведомление

    except  Exception as e:
        # обработать ошибку
        print "socket error"

    time.sleep(60)