community.vmware.vmware_guest_instant_clone – Instant Clone VM

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• This module can be used for Creating a powered-on Instant Clone of a virtual machine.
• All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.
• community.vmware.vmware_guest module is needed for creating a VM with poweredon state which would be used as a parent VM.
• community.vmware.vmware_guest_powerstate module is also needed to poweroff the instant cloned module.
• The powered off VM would in turn be deleted by again using community.vmware.vmware_guest module.
• Thus community.vmware.vmware_guest module is necessary for removing Instant Cloned VM when VMs being created in testing environment.
• Also GuestOS Customization has now been added with guestinfo_vars parameter.
• The Parent VM must have The Guest customization Engine for instant Clone to customize Guest OS.
• Only Linux Os in Parent VM enable support for native vSphere Guest Customization for Instant Clone in vSphere 7.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Instant Clone a VM
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_instant_clone:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: False
    folder: "{{ f0 }}"
    datastore: "{{ rw_datastore }}"
    datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
    host: "{{ esxi1 }}"
    name: "{{ Clone_vm }}"
    parent_vm: "{{ testvm_1 }}"
    resource_pool: "{{ test_resource_001 }}"
  register: vm_clone
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: set state to poweroff the Cloned VM
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_powerstate:
    validate_certs: false
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: "cloned_vm_from_vm_cluster"
    folder: "{{ f0 }}"
    state: powered-off
  register: poweroff_instant_clone_from_vm_when_cluster
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Clean VM
  community.vmware.vmware_guest:
    validate_certs: false
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: "cloned_vm_from_vm_cluster"
    datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
    state: absent
  register: delete_instant_clone_from_vm_when_cluster
  ignore_errors: true
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Instant Clone a VM with guest_customization
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_instant_clone:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    vm_username: "root"
    vm_password: "SuperSecret"
    validate_certs: False
    folder: "{{ f0 }}"
    datastore: "{{ rw_datastore }}"
    datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
    host: "{{ esxi1 }}"
    guestinfo_vars:
      - hostname: "{{ guestinfo.ic.hostname }}"
        ipaddress: "{{ guestinfo.ic.ipaddress }}"
        netmask: "{{ guestinfo.ic.netmask }}"
        gateway: "{{ guestinfo.ic.gateway }}"
        dns: "{{ guestinfo.ic.dns }}"
        domain: "{{ guestinfo.ic.domain }}"
    name: "Instant_clone_guest_customize"
    parent_vm: "test_vm1"
    resource_pool: DC0_C0_RP1
  register: Instant_cloned_guest_customize
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Instant Clone a VM when skipping optional params
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_instant_clone:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: False
    name: "{{ Clone_vm }}"
    parent_vm: "{{ testvm_1 }}"
    datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
    datastore: "{{ rw_datastore }}"
    host: "{{ esxi1 }}"
  register: VM_clone_optional_arguments
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Instant clone in check mode
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_instant_clone:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: False
    folder: "{{ f0 }}"
    datastore: "{{ rw_datastore }}"
    datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
    host: "{{ esx1 }}"
    name: "{{ Clone_vm }}"
    parent_vm: "{{ testvm_2 }}"
    resource_pool: "{{ test_resource_001 }}"
  check_mode: true
  register: check_mode_clone
  delegate_to: localhost
- debug:
    var: check_mode_clone

Return Values

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

Authors

• Anant Chopra (@Anant99-sys)