community.vmware.vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone – Cross-vCenter VM/template clone

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_guest_cross_vc_clone.

Synopsis

This module can be used for Cross-vCenter vm/template clone

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
destination_datastore string / required		The name of the destination datastore or the datastore cluster. If datastore cluster name is specified, we will find the Storage DRS recommended datastore in that cluster.
destination_host string / required		The name of the destination host.
destination_resource_pool string		Destination resource pool. If not provided, the destination host's parent's resource pool will be used.
destination_vcenter string / required		The hostname or IP address of the destination VCenter.
destination_vcenter_password string / required		The password of the destination VCenter.
destination_vcenter_port integer	Default: 443	The port to establish connection in the destination VCenter.
destination_vcenter_username string / required		The username of the destination VCenter.
destination_vcenter_validate_certs boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Parameter to indicate if certification validation needs to be done on destination VCenter.
destination_vm_folder string / required		Destination folder, absolute path to deploy the cloned vm. This parameter is case sensitive. Examples: folder: vm folder: ha-datacenter/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm
destination_vm_name string / required		The name of the cloned VM.
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.
moid string		Managed Object ID of the vm/template instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance. This is required if `name` or `uuid` is not supplied.
name string		Name of the virtual machine or template. This is a required parameter, if parameter `uuid` or `moid` is not supplied.
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 ← poweredon	The state of Virtual Machine deployed. If set to `present` and VM does not exists, then VM is created. If set to `present` and VM exists, no action is taken. If set to `poweredon` and VM does not exists, then VM is created with powered on state. If set to `poweredon` and VM exists, no action is taken.
use_instance_uuid boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.
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
uuid string		UUID of the vm/template instance to clone from, this is VMware's unique identifier. This is a required parameter, if parameter `name` or `moid` is not supplied.
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.

Notes

Note

All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

# Clone template
- name: clone a template across VC
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    name: "test_vm1"
    destination_vm_name: "cloned_vm_from_template"
    destination_vcenter: '{{ destination_vcenter_hostname }}'
    destination_vcenter_username: '{{ destination_vcenter_username }}'
    destination_vcenter_password: '{{ destination_vcenter_password }}'
    destination_vcenter_port: '{{ destination_vcenter_port }}'
    destination_vcenter_validate_certs: '{{ destination_vcenter_validate_certs }}'
    destination_host: '{{ destination_esxi }}'
    destination_datastore: '{{ destination_datastore }}'
    destination_vm_folder: '{{ destination_vm_folder }}'
    state: present
  register: cross_vc_clone_from_template

- name: clone a VM across VC
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: "test_vm1"
    destination_vm_name: "cloned_vm_from_vm"
    destination_vcenter: '{{ destination_vcenter_hostname }}'
    destination_vcenter_username: '{{ destination_vcenter_username }}'
    destination_vcenter_password: '{{ destination_vcenter_password }}'
    destination_host: '{{ destination_esxi }}'
    destination_datastore: '{{ destination_datastore }}'
    destination_vm_folder: '{{ destination_vm_folder }}'
    state: poweredon
  register: cross_vc_clone_from_vm

- name: check_mode support
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: "test_vm1"
    destination_vm_name: "cloned_vm_from_vm"
    destination_vcenter: '{{ destination_vcenter_hostname }}'
    destination_vcenter_username: '{{ destination_vcenter_username }}'
    destination_vcenter_password: '{{ destination_vcenter_password }}'
    destination_host: '{{ destination_esxi }}'
    destination_datastore: '{{ destination_datastore }}'
    destination_vm_folder: '{{ destination_vm_folder }}'
  check_mode: true

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
vm_info dictionary	always	metadata about the virtual machine Sample: {'datastore': '', 'host': '', 'power_on': '', 'vcenter': '', 'vm_folder': '', 'vm_name': ''}

Authors

Anusha Hegde (@anusha94)

© 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_guest_cross_vc_clone_module.html

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