    # File lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/get_virtual_machine.rb, line 11
            def get_vm_ref(id, dc = nil)
              vm = case id
                     # UUID based
                     when /[a-fA-F0-9]{8}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{12}/
                       @connection.searchIndex.FindByUuid :uuid => id, :vmSearch => true, :instanceUuid => true, :datacenter => dc
                     else
                       # try to find based on VM name
                       if dc
                         get_raw_datacenter(dc).find_vm(id)
                       else
                         raw_datacenters.map { |d| d.find_vm(id) }.compact.first
                       end
                   end
              vm ? vm : raise(Fog::Compute::Vsphere::NotFound, "#{id} was not found")
            end