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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def run_vdptool(self, args, oui_args=None):
 """Function that runs the vdptool utility. """

        if oui_args is None:
            oui_args = []
        full_args = ['vdptool'] + args + oui_args
        try:
            return utils.execute(full_args, root_helper=self.root_helper)
        except Exception as e:
            LOG.error("Unable to execute %(cmd)s. "
                      "Exception: %(exception)s",
                      {'cmd': full_args, 'exception': e})