code: func virtualMachineFromContainerView(ctx context.Context, client *govmomi.Client, uuid string) (object.Reference, error) {
  	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Using ContainerView to look up UUID %q", uuid)
  	m := view.NewManager(client.Client)
  
  	v, err := m.CreateContainerView(ctx, client.ServiceContent.RootFolder, []string{"VirtualMachine"}, true)
  	if err != nil {
  		return nil, err
  	}
  
  	defer func() {
  		if err = v.Destroy(ctx); err != nil {
  			log.Printf("[DEBUG] virtualMachineFromContainerView: Unexpected error destroying container view: %s", err)
  		}
  	}()
  
  	var vms, results []mo.VirtualMachine
  	err = v.Retrieve(ctx, []string{"VirtualMachine"}, []string{"config.uuid"}, &results)
  	if err != nil {
  		return nil, err
  	}
  
  	for _, result := range results {
  		if result.Config == nil {
  			continue
  		}
  		if result.Config.Uuid == uuid {
  			vms = append(vms, result)
  		}
  	}
  
  	switch {
  	case len(vms) < 1:
  		return nil, newUUIDNotFoundError(fmt.Sprintf("virtual machine with UUID %q not found", uuid))
  	case len(vms) > 1:
  		return nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple virtual machines with UUID %q found", uuid)
  	}
  
  	return object.NewReference(client.Client, vms[0].Self), nil
  }
docs: // virtualMachineFromContainerView is a compatability method that is
  // used when the version of vSphere is too old to support using SearchIndex's
  // FindByUuid method correctly. This is mainly to facilitate the ability to use
  // FromUUID to find both templates in addition to virtual machines, which
  // historically was not supported by FindByUuid.