'Cobbler itself does not use this GUID\'s though they are provided
to allow for easier API linkage with other applications.
Cobbler uses unique names in each collection as the object id
aka primary key'

def generate_uid(self):

    data = ('%s%s' % (time.time(), random.uniform(1, 9999999)))
    return binascii.b2a_base64(data).replace('=', '').strip()
