new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  
  import time
  import sys
  
  from psphere.client import Client
  from psphere.managedobjects import VirtualMachine
  
  scatter_secs = 8
  
  nodes = sys.argv[1:]
  
  client = Client()
  
  print("Powering on %s VMs" % len(nodes))
  print("Estimated run time with %s seconds sleep between each power on: %s" %
        (scatter_secs, scatter_secs*len(nodes)))
  
  for node in nodes:
      try:
          vm = VirtualMachine.get(client, name=node, properties=["name", "runtime"])
      except ObjectNotFoundError:
          print("WARNING: Could not find VM with name %s" % node)
          pass
  
      print("Powering on %s" % vm.name)
      if vm.runtime.powerState == "poweredOn":
          print("%s is already powered on." % vm.name)
          continue
  
      task = vm.PowerOnVM_Task()
      time.sleep(scatter_secs)
  
subject: Add a new example of powering on many VMs at once