epa_types = ['vm_flavor', 'guest_epa', 'host_epa', 'host_aggregate', 'hypervisor_epa', 'vswitch_epa']
epa_dict = {k: v for k, v in vdu_init.as_dict().items() if k in epa_types}
flavor.from_dict(epa_dict)
epa_types = ['vm_flavor', 'guest_epa', 'host_epa', 'host_aggregate', 'hypervisor_epa', 'vswitch_epa']
epa_dict = {k: v for k, v in vdu_init.as_dict().items() if k in epa_types}
flavor.from_dict(epa_dict)