gistfile1.txt

[5] pry(#<RbVmomi::NewDeserializer>)> e
=> #<RuntimeError: unknown VMODL type AnyType>
[6] pry(#<RbVmomi::NewDeserializer>)> e.backtrace
=> ["/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/type_loader.rb:103:in `make_type'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/type_loader.rb:65:in `block in get'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:211:in `mon_synchronize'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/type_loader.rb:63:in `get'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/deserialization.rb:79:in `deserialize'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/deserialization.rb:121:in `block in traverse_data'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/deserialization.rb:103:in `each'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/deserialization.rb:103:in `traverse_data'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/deserialization.rb:86:in `deserialize'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/deserialization.rb:116:in `block in traverse_data'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/deserialization.rb:103:in `each'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/deserialization.rb:103:in `traverse_data'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/deserialization.rb:86:in `deserialize'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/connection.rb:68:in `block in parse_response'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/connection.rb:68:in `map'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/connection.rb:68:in `parse_response'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/connection.rb:90:in `call'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/basic_types.rb:205:in `_call'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/basic_types.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in init'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/basic_types.rb:183:in `_get_property'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/basic_types.rb:35:in `block (2 levels) in init'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/damballa-cavalry-1.1/lib/cavalry/vmware_box.rb:75:in `virtual_machines'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/damballa-cavalry-1.1/lib/cavalry/vmware_box.rb:130:in `virtual_machine'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/damballa-cavalry-1.1/lib/cavalry/vmware_box.rb:106:in `snapshots'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/damballa-cavalry-1.1/lib/cavalry/vmware_box.rb:99:in `revert_to_snapshot'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/damballa-cavalry-1.1/lib/cavalry/vmware_box.rb:93:in `destroy'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/damballa-smokey-1.1.0/lib/tasks.rb:45:in `destroy'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/damballa-smokey-1.1.0/lib/tasks.rb:31:in `smoketest'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/thor-0.18.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/thor-0.18.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:120:in `invoke_command'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/thor-0.18.1/lib/thor.rb:363:in `dispatch'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/thor-0.18.1/lib/thor/base.rb:439:in `start'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/damballa-smokey-1.1.0/lib/tasks.rb:138:in `<top (required)>'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/damballa-smokey-1.1.0/bin/smokey:3:in `require_relative'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/damballa-smokey-1.1.0/bin/smokey:3:in `<top (required)>'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/bin/smokey:23:in `load'",
 "/Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/bin/smokey:23:in `<main>'"]
[7] pry(#<RbVmomi::NewDeserializer>)> type
=> "anyType"
[8] pry(#<RbVmomi::NewDeserializer>)> node
=> #(Element:0x3fcbb988d76c {
  name = "val",
  namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
  attributes = [
    #(Attr:0x3fcbb992d3d4 {
      name = "type",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb98e3c20 {
        prefix = "xsi",
        href = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        }),
      value = "ServiceContent"
      })],
  children = [
    #(Element:0x3fcbb98f88dc {
      name = "rootFolder",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb98f79b4 { name = "type", value = "Folder" })],
      children = [ #(Text "group-d1")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9cb2734 {
      name = "propertyCollector",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9c5b63c { name = "type", value = "PropertyCollector" })],
      children = [ #(Text "propertyCollector")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9c1cb08 {
      name = "viewManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9c1f380 { name = "type", value = "ViewManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "ViewManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9c6ba14 {
      name = "about",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      children = [
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9c3499c {
          name = "name",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "VMware vCenter Server")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d0d1d4 {
          name = "fullName",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "VMware vCenter Server 4.1.0 build-925676")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d13304 {
          name = "vendor",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "VMware, Inc.")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d1c33c {
          name = "version",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "4.1.0")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d21508 {
          name = "build",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "925676")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d301e8 {
          name = "localeVersion",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "INTL")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d380f0 {
          name = "localeBuild",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "000")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d3d9c4 {
          name = "osType",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "win32-x86")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d47028 {
          name = "productLineId",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "vpx")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d4f0ac {
          name = "apiType",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "VirtualCenter")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d4f930 {
          name = "apiVersion",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "4.1")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d592f0 {
          name = "instanceUuid",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "88E32B02-91D8-43C7-887A-D991329FBAC0")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d5d274 {
          name = "licenseProductName",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "VMware VirtualCenter Server")]
          }),
        #(Element:0x3fcbb9d615cc {
          name = "licenseProductVersion",
          namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
          children = [ #(Text "4.0")]
          })]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9d6db60 {
      name = "setting",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9d702c0 { name = "type", value = "OptionManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "VpxSettings")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9d8236c {
      name = "userDirectory",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9d83aa0 { name = "type", value = "UserDirectory" })],
      children = [ #(Text "UserDirectory")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9d90110 {
      name = "sessionManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9d91948 { name = "type", value = "SessionManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "SessionManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9d9e56c {
      name = "authorizationManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9da02b8 {
          name = "type",
          value = "AuthorizationManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "AuthorizationManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9dae174 {
      name = "perfManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9dad42c {
          name = "type",
          value = "PerformanceManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "PerfMgr")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9dba708 {
      name = "scheduledTaskManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9dbcb84 {
          name = "type",
          value = "ScheduledTaskManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "ScheduledTaskManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9dc8650 {
      name = "alarmManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9dca6a8 { name = "type", value = "AlarmManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "AlarmManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9dd60fc {
      name = "eventManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9dd8d70 { name = "type", value = "EventManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "EventManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9cf28e8 {
      name = "taskManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9cf5a20 { name = "type", value = "TaskManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "TaskManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9cfafac {
      name = "extensionManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9cfdc98 { name = "type", value = "ExtensionManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "ExtensionManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9c95ddc {
      name = "customizationSpecManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9cb603c {
          name = "type",
          value = "CustomizationSpecManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "CustomizationSpecManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9cc7da0 {
      name = "customFieldsManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9ccb39c {
          name = "type",
          value = "CustomFieldsManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "CustomFieldsManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9cd2354 {
      name = "diagnosticManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9cd55cc { name = "type", value = "DiagnosticManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "DiagMgr")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9c4b458 {
      name = "licenseManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbba4e5c30 { name = "type", value = "LicenseManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "LicenseManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbba5572cc {
      name = "searchIndex",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbba55682c { name = "type", value = "SearchIndex" })],
      children = [ #(Text "SearchIndex")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9854124 {
      name = "fileManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9856a28 { name = "type", value = "FileManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "FileManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb98b5aa0 {
      name = "virtualDiskManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb98b4e5c {
          name = "type",
          value = "VirtualDiskManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "VirtualDiskManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb988b638 {
      name = "snmpSystem",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb988dd48 { name = "type", value = "HostSnmpSystem" })],
      children = [ #(Text "SnmpSystem")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb98eda04 {
      name = "vmProvisioningChecker",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb98ec960 {
          name = "type",
          value = "VirtualMachineProvisioningChecker"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "ProvChecker")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb9900dac {
      name = "vmCompatibilityChecker",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9900474 {
          name = "type",
          value = "VirtualMachineCompatibilityChecker"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "CompatChecker")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb99067e8 {
      name = "ovfManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb9906040 { name = "type", value = "OvfManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "OvfManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb983ec70 {
      name = "ipPoolManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb983e504 { name = "type", value = "IpPoolManager" })],
      children = [ #(Text "IpPoolManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb98a3e2c {
      name = "dvSwitchManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb98a31fc {
          name = "type",
          value = "DistributedVirtualSwitchManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "DVSManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb98a9034 {
      name = "hostProfileManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb98a83b4 {
          name = "type",
          value = "HostProfileManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "HostProfileManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb99a562c {
      name = "clusterProfileManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb99a8c78 {
          name = "type",
          value = "ClusterProfileManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "ClusterProfileManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb99ae894 {
      name = "complianceManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb99adfc0 {
          name = "type",
          value = "ProfileComplianceManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "MoComplianceManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb99b4820 {
      name = "localizationManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb99b3d08 {
          name = "type",
          value = "LocalizationManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "LocalizationManager")]
      }),
    #(Element:0x3fcbb998fa5c {
      name = "storageResourceManager",
      namespace = #(Namespace:0x3fcbb992d500 { href = "urn:vim25" }),
      attributes = [
        #(Attr:0x3fcbb998f00c {
          name = "type",
          value = "StorageResourceManager"
          })],
      children = [ #(Text "StorageResourceManager")]
      })]
  })
  [11] pry(#<RbVmomi::NewDeserializer>)> whereami

From: /Users/epeterson/.gem/ruby/1.9.3/gems/rbvmomi-1.8.0/lib/rbvmomi/deserialization.rb @ line 82 RbVmomi::NewDeserializer#deserialize:

    77:
    78:       begin
    79:       klass = @loader.get(type) or fail "no such type '#{type}'"
    80:       rescue Exception => e
    81:         require 'pry'
 => 82:         binding.pry
    83:       end
    84:       case klass.kind
    85:       when :data
    86:         traverse_data node, klass
    87:       when :enum

Weird!

The method starts with:
type_attr = node['type']
type = type_attr if type_attr

So based on the output, I would have expected node['type'] to be set to "ServiceContent". But instead, it appears to be nil, so anyType is not overwritten with anything and hence the issue later down in the method. Can you confirm that? Which version of Nokogiri are you running?