diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/virtualmachine_test.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package vclib
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/simulator"
+)
+
+func TestVirtualMachine(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	model := simulator.VPX()
+
+	defer model.Remove()
+	err := model.Create()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	s := model.Service.NewServer()
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	c, err := govmomi.NewClient(ctx, s.URL, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	vc := &VSphereConnection{GoVmomiClient: c}
+
+	dc, err := GetDatacenter(ctx, vc, testDefaultDatacenter)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	folders, err := dc.Folders(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	folder, err := dc.GetFolderByPath(ctx, folders.VmFolder.InventoryPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	vms, err := folder.GetVirtualMachines(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(vms) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("no VMs")
+	}
+
+	for _, vm := range vms {
+		all, err := vm.GetAllAccessibleDatastores(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+		if len(all) == 0 {
+			t.Error("no accessible datastores")
+		}
+
+		_, err = vm.GetResourcePool(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		diskPath, err := vm.GetVirtualDiskPath(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		options := &VolumeOptions{SCSIControllerType: PVSCSIControllerType}
+
+		for _, expect := range []bool{true} { // TODO: vcsim needs to honor FileOperation to attach an existing disk
+			attached, err := vm.IsDiskAttached(ctx, diskPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+
+			if attached != expect {
+				t.Errorf("attached=%t, expected=%t", attached, expect)
+			}
+
+			uuid, err := vm.AttachDisk(ctx, diskPath, options)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+			if uuid == "" {
+				t.Error("missing uuid")
+			}
+
+			err = vm.DetachDisk(ctx, diskPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		for _, expect := range []bool{true, false} {
+			active, err := vm.IsActive(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+
+			if active != expect {
+				t.Errorf("active=%t, expected=%t", active, expect)
+			}
+
+			if expect {
+				// Expecting to hit the error path since the VM is still powered on
+				err = vm.DeleteVM(ctx)
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Error("expected error")
+				}
+				_, _ = vm.PowerOff(ctx)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// Should be able to delete now that VM power is off
+			err = vm.DeleteVM(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}