[receiver/vcenterreceiver]: fix npe on some metrics for vcenter vms #41701
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#### Description
I believe that this should be the only nullable field improperly
accessed within this file.
```go
// The ConfigInfo data object type encapsulates the configuration settings and
// virtual hardware for a virtual machine.
//
// This type holds all the information
// that is present in the .vmx configuration file for the virtual machine.
type VirtualMachineConfigInfo struct {
```
I'm thinking users may have created a machine and attached the vmdk to
it and thats may be the potential cause?
Either way this should resolve the NPE and shouldn't crash the collector
when we encounter these.
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#### Link to tracking issue
Fixes open-telemetry#41018
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Description
I believe that this should be the only nullable field improperly accessed within this file.
I'm thinking users may have created a machine and attached the vmdk to it and thats may be the potential cause?
Either way this should resolve the NPE and shouldn't crash the collector when we encounter these.
Link to tracking issue
Fixes #41018
Testing
Documentation
Changelog