2.19. Example: Starting a Virtual Machine using Python

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

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

Started 'vm1'.

Started 'vm1'.