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Identity information not returned for GetVM methods #301

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@solomonjsands

Describe the bug

Per documentation, https://developer.vmware.com/apis/vsphere-automation/v7.0.0/vcenter/data-structures/VM/Get/ResponseBody/

calls to this method do not return the following
"identity": { "bios_uuid": "string", "instance_uuid": "string", "name": "string" }

Calls directly to the rest api @url/rest/vcenter/vm/vm-1 fails to return this info. In particular, I'm looking for that instance_uuid

I also tried client.vcenter.vm.guest.Identity.get('vm-1') to no avail. The VM is powered on.

Reproduction steps

1. Install latest SDK, or access REST API directly
2. Attempt to retrieve VM instance uuid through Get VM methods as documented
3. Attempted on vsphere 6.7.0
...

Expected behavior

As per the published documentation, the GetVm methods should return identity information, to include the instanceID

Additional context

As well, the online docs noted above globs vsphere 6.5-7.0U2, so it is not possible to tell if this is a vsphere versioning issue.

I am using full Administrator privileges

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