Got a "Unexpected element tag "ns0:_type" seen"

[Tobias Heinzmann]

Hey there :-)

I am writing a Nagios plugin for checking virtual machines through a VCenter.
Problem is that if I try to create a client object like that:

self.client = Client(self['host'], self['user'], self['password'])

I got this error message:

<<<
...
    self.client = Client(self['host'], self['user'], self['password'])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/psphere/client.py", line 116, in __init__
    self.login(self.username, self.password)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/psphere/client.py", line 152, in login
    self.sc.sessionManager.Login(userName=username, password=password)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/psphere/__init__.py", line 354, in func
    **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/psphere/client.py", line 184, in invoke
    result = getattr(self.service, method)(_this=_this, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/suds/client.py", line 539, in __call__
    return client.invoke(args, kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/suds/client.py", line 598, in invoke
    result = self.send(msg)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/suds/client.py", line 633, in send
    result = self.failed(binding, e)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/suds/client.py", line 684, in failed
    r, p = binding.get_fault(reply)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/suds/bindings/binding.py", line 238, in get_fault
    raise WebFault(p, faultroot)
suds.WebFault: Server raised fault: '
Unexpected element tag "ns0:_type" seen

while parsing MoRef for ManagedObject of type vmodl.ManagedObject
at line 5, column 9

while parsing call information for method Login
at line 4, column 6

while parsing SOAP body
at line 3, column 3

while parsing SOAP envelope
at line 1, column 0

while parsing HTTP request for method login
on object of type vim.SessionManager
at line 1, column 0'

>>>

I am sure that user and password are correct. While searching on the net I found this side:

https://bitbucket.org/jkinred/psphere/issue/13/examples-fail-with-vsphere-5

what seems exactly like the err I got. Is there a solution?

Best whishes
Tobias

[Tobias Heinzmann]

Found the solution: the problem was caused by suds. After upgrading from version 3.9 to 4.1.5 the error was gone.