community.vmware.vmware_drs_group_manager – Manage VMs and Hosts in DRS group.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.15.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_drs_group_manager.

New in version 1.7.0: of community.vmware

Synopsis

The module can be used to add VMs / Hosts to or remove them from a DRS group.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.7
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
cluster string / required		Cluster to which DRS group associated with. aliases: cluster_name
datacenter string		Name of the datacenter. aliases: datacenter_name
group_name string / required		The name of the group to manage.
hostname string		The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
hosts list / elements=string		A List of hosts to add / remove in the group. Required only if vms is not set.
password string		The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer	Default: 443	The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host string		Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer		Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
state string	Choices: present ← absent	If set to `present`, VMs/hosts will be added to the given DRS group. If set to `absent`, VMs/hosts will be removed from the given DRS group.
username string		The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to `false` when certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to `true`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
vms list / elements=string		A List of vms to add / remove in the group. Required only if hosts is not set.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.5, and 6.7.
All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

---
- name: Add VMs in an existing DRS VM group
  delegate_to: localhost
  community.vmware.vmware_drs_group_manager:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    cluster: DC0_C0
    datacenter: DC0
    group_name: TEST_VM_01
    vms:
      - DC0_C0_RP0_VM0
      - DC0_C0_RP0_VM1
    state: present

- name: Add Hosts in an existing DRS Host group
  delegate_to: localhost
  community.vmware.vmware_drs_group_manager:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    cluster: DC0_C0
    datacenter: DC0
    group_name: TEST_HOST_01
    hosts:
      - DC0_C0_H0
      - DC0_C0_H1
      - DC0_C0_H2
    state: present

- name: Remove VM from an existing DRS VM group
  delegate_to: localhost
  community.vmware.vmware_drs_group_manager:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    cluster: DC0_C0
    datacenter: DC0
    group_name: TEST_VM_01
    vms:
      - DC0_C0_RP0_VM0
    state: absent

- name: Remove host from an existing DRS Host group
  delegate_to: localhost
  community.vmware.vmware_drs_group_manager:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    cluster: DC0_C0
    datacenter: DC0
    group_name: TEST_HOST_01
    hosts:
      - DC0_C0_H0
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
drs_group_member_info dictionary	always	Metadata about DRS group Sample: {'Asia-Cluster1': [{'group_name': 'vm_group_002', 'type': 'vm', 'vms': ['dev-1']}]}
msg string	always	Info message Sample: Updated host group TEST_HOST_01 successfully

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_drs_group_manager_module.html

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