vmware / vmware/pyvmomi

i want execute linked_clone.py in pyvmomi and when I try to run it on my production box I get the following error:

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raise obj # pylint: disable-msg=E0702
pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.NoPermission: (vim.fault.NoPermission) {
dynamicType = ,
dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
msg = 'Permission to perform this operation was denied.',
faultCause = ,
faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [],
object = 'vim.Datastore:datastore-92',
privilegeId = 'Datastore.AllocateSpace'
}

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