vcsim: unable to create local user using -esx mode

[Akasurde]

I am unable to create a local user using vcsim with -esx mode

I am getting following

Request: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soapenv:Body><RetrieveUserGroups xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="UserDirectory">ha-user-directory</_this><searchStr>foo</searchStr><exactMatch>true</exactMatch><findUsers>true</findUsers><findGroups>false</findGroups></RetrieveUserGroups></soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><soapenv:Body><RetrieveUserGroupsResponse xmlns="urn:vim25"></RetrieveUserGroupsResponse></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>
Request: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soapenv:Body><CreateUser xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="HostLocalAccountManager">ha-localacctmgr</_this><user><id>foo</id><password>password</password></user></CreateUser></soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
2017/12/05 14:34:28 managed object not found: HostLocalAccountManager:ha-localacctmgr
Response: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><soapenv:Body><soapenv:Fault><faultcode>ServerFaultCode</faultcode><faultstring>managed object not found: HostLocalAccountManager:ha-localacctmgr</faultstring><detail><Fault xmlns:XMLSchema-instance="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" XMLSchema-instance:type="ManagedObjectNotFound"><obj type="HostLocalAccountManager">ha-localacctmgr</obj></Fault></detail></soapenv:Fault></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>

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