don't add templates to inventory

internal/tasks/monitorVcenter.go

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (c *CronTask) AddVmToInventory(vmObject *mo.VirtualMachine, vc *vcenter.Vce
 
 	if vmObject.Name == "DBRaaS_testVMTemplate" {
 		c.Logger.Debug("Found problematic VM")
-		prettyPrint(vmObject)
+		//prettyPrint(vmObject)
 	}
 
 	srmPlaceholder = "FALSE" // Default assumption
@@ -124,11 +124,22 @@ func (c *CronTask) AddVmToInventory(vmObject *mo.VirtualMachine, vc *vcenter.Vce
 
 	// calculate VM properties we want to store
 	if vmObject.Config != nil {
+		if vmObject.Config.Template {
+			c.Logger.Debug("Not adding templates to inventory")
+			return nil
+		} else {
+			isTemplate = "FALSE"
+		}
+
 		numRam = vmObject.Config.Hardware.MemoryMB
 		numVcpus = vmObject.Config.Hardware.NumCPU
 
 		// Calculate creation date
+		if vmObject.Config.CreateDate.IsZero() {
+			c.Logger.Debug("Creation date not available for this VM")
+		} else {
 			creationTS = vmObject.Config.CreateDate.Unix()
+		}
 
 		// Calculate disk size
 		var totalDiskBytes int64
@@ -157,12 +168,6 @@ func (c *CronTask) AddVmToInventory(vmObject *mo.VirtualMachine, vc *vcenter.Vce
 			srmPlaceholder = "TRUE"
 		}
 
-		if vmObject.Config.Template {
-			isTemplate = "TRUE"
-		} else {
-			isTemplate = "FALSE"
-		}
-
 		// Retrieve the full folder path of the VM
 		folderPath, err = vc.GetVMFolderPath(*vmObject)
 		if err != nil {