vmware_guest_snapshot_info – Gather info about virtual machine’s snapshots in vCenter

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

This module can be used to gather information about virtual machine’s snapshots.
This module was called vmware_guest_snapshot_facts before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Aliases: vmware_guest_snapshot_facts

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
datacenter string / required		Name of the datacenter.
folder string		Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. This is required only, if multiple virtual machines with same name are found on given vCenter. 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
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 added in 2.9		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` or `uuid` is not supplied.
name string		Name of the VM to work with. This is required if `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 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.
proxy_host string added in 2.9		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 added in 2.9		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.
use_instance_uuid boolean added in 2.8	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 instance to manage if known, this is VMware's BIOS UUID by default. This is required if `name` or `moid` parameter is not supplied. The `folder` is ignored, if `uuid` is provided.
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 6.0 and 6.5

Examples

- name: Gather snapshot information about the virtual machine in the given vCenter
  vmware_guest_snapshot_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: "{{ guest_name }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: snapshot_info

- name: Gather snapshot information about the virtual machine using MoID
  vmware_guest_snapshot_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    moid: vm-42
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: snapshot_info

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
guest_snapshots dictionary	always	metadata about the snapshot information Sample: {'current_snapshot': {'creation_time': '2018-02-10T14:48:31.999459+00:00', 'description': , 'id': 28, 'name': 'snap_0003', 'state': 'poweredOff'}, 'snapshots': [{'creation_time': '2018-02-10T14:48:31.999459+00:00', 'description': , 'id': 28, 'name': 'snap_0003', 'state': 'poweredOff'}]}

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/vmware_guest_snapshot_info_module.html