community.vmware.vmware_guest_controller – Manage disk or USB controllers related to virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure
Note
This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.6.0).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_guest_controller
.
Synopsis
- This module can be used to add, remove disk controllers or USB controllers belonging to given virtual machine.
- All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.7
- PyVmomi
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|
controllers list / elements=dictionary |
A list of disk or USB controllers to add or remove. Total 4 disk controllers with the same type are allowed per VM. Total 2 USB controllers are allowed per VM, 1 USB 2.0 and 1 USB 3.0 or 3.1. For specific guest OS, supported controller types please refer to VMware Compatibility Guide. | ||
controller_number integer |
|
Disk controller bus number. When When | |
state string / required |
|
Add new controller or remove specified existing controller. If If specified controller is removed or not exist, no action will be taken only warning message. If If the number of controller with specified controller type reaches it's maximum, no action will be taken only warning message. | |
type string / required |
|
Type of disk or USB controller. From vSphere 6.5 and virtual machine with hardware version 13, | |
datacenter string |
Default: "ha-datacenter" |
The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to. | |
folder string |
Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. This is a required parameter, only if multiple VMs are found with same name. The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter Examples: folder: /ha-datacenter/vm folder: ha-datacenter/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm folder: datacenter1/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2 | ||
gather_disk_controller_facts boolean |
|
Whether to collect existing disk and USB controllers facts only. When this parameter is set to | |
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 Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. | ||
moid string |
Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance. This is required if | ||
name string |
Name of the virtual machine. This is a required parameter, if parameter | ||
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 Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
| ||
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 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 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 | ||
sleep_time integer |
Default: 10 |
The sleep time in seconds after VM reconfigure task completes, used when not get the updated VM controller facts after VM reconfiguration. This parameter is not required. Maximum value is 600. | |
use_instance_uuid boolean |
|
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 Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
| ||
uuid string |
UUID of the instance to gather facts if known, this is VMware's unique identifier. This is a required parameter, if parameter | ||
validate_certs boolean |
|
Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to |
Notes
Note
- Tested on vSphere 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7
Examples
- name: Add disk and USB 3.0 controllers for virtual machine located by name
community.vmware.vmware_guest_controller:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
name: test_VM
controllers:
- state: present
type: sata
- state: present
type: nvme
- state: present
type: usb3
delegate_to: localhost
register: disk_controller_facts
- name: Remove disk controllers and USB 2.0 from virtual machine located by moid
community.vmware.vmware_guest_controller:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
moid: vm-33
controllers:
- state: absent
controller_number: 1
type: sata
- state: absent
controller_number: 0
type: nvme
- state: absent
type: usb2
delegate_to: localhost
register: disk_controller_facts
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
disk_controller_status dictionary |
always |
metadata about the virtual machine's existing disk controllers or after adding or removing operation
Sample: {'nvme': {'0': {'controller_busnumber': 0, 'controller_controllerkey': 100, 'controller_devicekey': 31000, 'controller_disks_devicekey': [], 'controller_label': 'NVME controller 0', 'controller_summary': 'NVME controller 0', 'controller_unitnumber': 30}}, 'sata': {'0': {'controller_busnumber': 0, 'controller_controllerkey': 100, 'controller_devicekey': 15000, 'controller_disks_devicekey': [16000, 16001], 'controller_label': 'SATA controller 0', 'controller_summary': 'AHCI', 'controller_unitnumber': 24}}, 'scsi': {'0': {'controller_busnumber': 0, 'controller_controllerkey': 100, 'controller_devicekey': 1000, 'controller_disks_devicekey': [2000], 'controller_label': 'SCSI controller 0', 'controller_summary': 'LSI Logic SAS', 'controller_unitnumber': 3}, '1': {'controller_busnumber': 1, 'controller_controllerkey': 100, 'controller_devicekey': 1001, 'controller_disks_devicekey': [], 'controller_label': 'SCSI controller 1', 'controller_summary': 'VMware paravirtual SCSI', 'controller_unitnumber': 4}}, 'usb2': {'0': {'controller_busnumber': 0, 'controller_controllerkey': 100, 'controller_devicekey': 7000, 'controller_disks_devicekey': [], 'controller_label': 'USB Controller', 'controller_summary': 'Auto connect Disabled', 'controller_unitnumber': 22}}} |
Authors
- Diane Wang (@Tomorrow9) <[email protected]>
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/vmware/vmware_guest_controller_module.html