#!/usr/bin/python2.7

import ssl
import requests
import pprint

from pyVim.connect import SmartConnect, Disconnect
from pyVmomi import vim, vmodl

# Disabling urllib3 ssl warnings
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()

# Disabling SSL certificate verification
context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE

vc = None

#vCenter settings
vcenter_host = "10.10.0.7"
vcenter_port = 443
vcenter_username = "administrator@kippie.lab"
vcenter_password = "Q!w2e3r4"

# Connecting to vCenter
try:
    vc = SmartConnect(host=vcenter_host, user=vcenter_username, pwd=vcenter_password, port=vcenter_port, sslContext=context)
    content= vc.RetrieveContent()
    List = content.customizationSpecManager

    viewMgr = content.viewManager
    objView = viewMgr.CreateContainerView(content.rootFolder,[vim.VirtualMachine],True)
    collector = vc.content.propertyCollector

    obj_spec = vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectSpec()
    obj_spec.obj=objView
    obj_spec.skip=True

    traversal_spec = vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.TraversalSpec()
    traversal_spec.name = 'traverseEntities'
    traversal_spec.path = 'view'
    traversal_spec.skip = False
    traversal_spec.type = vim.ContainerView

    obj_spec.selectSet.append(traversal_spec)

    property_spec = vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.PropertySpec()
    property_spec.type = vim.HbrManager.ReplicationVmInfo
    property_spec.pathSet.extend(['state'])

    filter_spec = vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterSpec()
    filter_spec.objectSet.append(obj_spec)
    filter_spec.propSet.append(property_spec)

    props = collector.RetrieveContents([filter_spec])
    pprint(props)

except IOError as e:
    print "I/O error({0}): {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror)

Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "./vcConnect2.py", line 65, in <module>

      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 570, in <lambda>
        self.f(*(self.args + (obj,) + args), **kwargs)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 376, in _InvokeMethod
        return self._stub.InvokeMethod(self, info, args)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 1335, in InvokeMethod
        raise obj # pylint: disable-msg=E0702
    pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.InvalidType: (vmodl.fault.InvalidType) {
       dynamicType = <unset>,
       dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
       msg = 'The request refers to an unexpected or unknown type.',
       faultCause = <unset>,
       faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [],
       argument = u'vim.HbrManager.ReplicationVmInfo'
    }