I'm trying to dump informations about console with the following code: vm = vms_service.list(search='name=fa41')[0] # Find the service that manages the graphics consoles of the virtual machine: vm_service = vms_service.vm_service(vm.id) consoles_service = vm_service.graphics_consoles_service() console_type = consoles_service.list()[0] console_type = connection.follow_link(console_type) buf = None writer = None buf = io.BytesIO() writer = xml.XmlWriter(buf, indent=True) ConsoleWriter.write_one(console_type, writer) writer.flush() print buf.getvalue() But i got the following result : Traceback (most recent call last): File "./export_console.py", line 69, in <module> ConsoleWriter.write_one(console_type, writer) File ".../venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ovirtsdk4/writers.py", line 1262, in write_one if obj.enabled is not None: If I add print console_type.__dict__, it contains: {'_address': None, '_instance_type': None, '_href': '/ovirt-engine/api/vms/61a6de0a-2a21-4e90-bc20-29e3f0cd0ad8/graphicsconsoles/7370696365', '_description': None, '_tls_port': None, '_comment': None, '_port': None, '_name': None, '_vm': <ovirtsdk4.types.Vm object at 0x1032e4310>, '_protocol': <GraphicsType.SPICE: 'spice'>, '_template': None, '_id': '7370696365'} Did I miss something, or is that a but with the console writer ?