vmware_migrate_vmk – Migrate a VMK interface from VSS to VDS

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Ansible/docs/2.8/modules/vmware migrate vmk module


vmware_migrate_vmk – Migrate a VMK interface from VSS to VDS

New in version 2.0.


Synopsis

  • Migrate a VMK interface from VSS to VDS

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

current_portgroup_name

- / required

Portgroup name VMK interface is currently on

current_switch_name

- / required

Switch VMK interface is currently on

device

- / required

VMK interface name

esxi_hostname

- / required

ESXi hostname to be managed

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.

migrate_portgroup_name

- / required

Portgroup name to migrate VMK interface to

migrate_switch_name

- / required

Switch name to migrate VMK interface to

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

added in 2.5

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.

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

  • 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 yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.



Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 5.5


Examples

- name: Migrate Management vmk
  vmware_migrate_vmk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    device: vmk1
    current_switch_name: temp_vswitch
    current_portgroup_name: esx-mgmt
    migrate_switch_name: dvSwitch
    migrate_portgroup_name: Management
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

Authors

  • Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
  • Russell Teague (@mtnbikenc)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/vmware_migrate_vmk_module.html