From 2226f7ca05628dd5f445dc8721bf236165e06cf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Schneider <sschneider@puppetlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:29:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Store annotation in JSON format

---
 vmware-host-pooler | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vmware-host-pooler b/vmware-host-pooler
index cf297bd..722e76a 100755
--- a/vmware-host-pooler
+++ b/vmware-host-pooler
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/ruby
 
+require 'json'
 require 'rbvmomi'
 require 'redis'
 require 'time'
@@ -164,9 +165,10 @@ def clone_vm template, pool, folder, datastore
 
     # Annotate with creation time, origin template, etc.
     configSpec = RbVmomi::VIM.VirtualMachineConfigSpec(
-      :annotation =>
-        'Base template: ' + vm['template'] + "\n" +
-        'Creation time: ' + Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
+      :annotation => JSON.pretty_generate({
+          base_template: vm['template'],
+          creation_timestamp: Time.now
+       })
     )
 
     # Put the VM in the specified folder and resource pool