vmware_vm_vss_dvs_migrate – Migrates a virtual machine from a standard vswitch to distributed

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vmware_vm_vss_dvs_migrate – Migrates a virtual machine from a standard vswitch to distributed

New in version 2.0.


Synopsis

  • Migrates a virtual machine from a standard vswitch to distributed

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

dvportgroup_name

- / required

Name of the portgroup to migrate to the virtual machine 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 VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

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.

vm_name

- / required

Name of the virtual machine to migrate to a dvSwitch



Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 5.5


Examples

- name: Migrate VCSA to vDS
  vmware_vm_vss_dvs_migrate:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    vm_name: '{{ vm_name }}'
    dvportgroup_name: '{{ distributed_portgroup_name }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

Authors

  • Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)

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