community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk module – Manage disks related to virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 5.9.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk.

Synopsis

• This module can be used to add, remove and update disks belonging to given virtual machine.

• This module is destructive in nature, please read documentation carefully before proceeding.

• Be careful while removing disk specified as this may lead to data loss.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
datacenter string / required	The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to.
disk list / elements=dictionary	A list of disks to add or remove. The virtual disk related information is provided using this list. Default: []
autoselect_datastore boolean	Select the less used datastore. Specify only if disk[].datastore is not specified. Not applicable when disk disk[].type=vpmemdisk. Choices: false true
bus_sharing string	Only functions with Paravirtual SCSI Controller. Allows for the sharing of the scsi bus between two virtual machines. Choices: "noSharing" ← (default) "physicalSharing" "virtualSharing"
cluster_disk boolean	This value allows for the sharing of an RDM between two machines. The primary machine holding the RDM uses the default false. The secondary machine holding the RDM uses true. Choices: false ← (default) true
compatibility_mode string	Compatibility mode for raw devices. Required when disk[].type=rdm. Choices: "physicalMode" "virtualMode"
controller_number integer	This parameter is used with disk[].controller_type for specifying controller bus number. For disk[].controller_type=ide, valid value is 0 or 1. Choices: 0 1 2 3
controller_type string	This parameter is added for managing disks attaching other types of controllers, e.g., SATA or NVMe. If either disk[].controller_type or disk[].scsi_type is not specified, then use paravirtual type. Choices: "buslogic" "lsilogic" "lsilogicsas" "paravirtual" "sata" "nvme" "ide"
datastore string	Name of datastore or datastore cluster to be used for the disk. Not applicable when disk disk[].type=vpmemdisk.
destroy boolean	If disk[].state=absent, make sure the disk file is deleted from the datastore. Choices: false true ← (default)
disk_mode string	Type of disk mode. If not specified then use persistent mode for new disk. If set to persistent mode, changes are immediately and permanently written to the virtual disk. If set to independent_persistent mode, same as persistent, but not affected by snapshots. If set to 'independent_nonpersistent mode, changes to virtual disk are made to a redo log and discarded at power off, but not affected by snapshots. Not applicable when disk disk[].type=vpmemdisk. Choices: "persistent" "independent_persistent" "independent_nonpersistent"
filename string	Existing disk image to be used. Filename must already exist on the datastore. Specify filename string in [datastore_name] path/to/file.vmdk format. Not applicable when disk disk[].type=vpmemdisk.
iolimit dictionary	Section specifies the shares and limit for storage I/O resource. Not applicable when disk[].type=vpmemdisk.
limit integer	Section specifies values for limit where the utilization of a virtual machine will not exceed, even if there are available resources.
shares dictionary	Specifies different types of shares user can add for the given disk.
level string	Specifies different level for the shares section. Choices: "low" "normal" "high" "custom"
level_value integer	Custom value when disk[].iolimit.shares.level=custom.
rdm_path string	Path of LUN for Raw Device Mapping required for disk[].type=rdm. Only valid if disk[].type=rdm.
scsi_controller integer	SCSI controller number. Only 4 SCSI controllers are allowed per VM. Choices: 0 1 2 3
scsi_type string	Type of SCSI controller. This value is required only for the first occurrence of SCSI Controller. This value is ignored, if SCSI Controller is already present or disk[].state=absent. Choices: "buslogic" "lsilogic" "lsilogicsas" "paravirtual"
shares dictionary	Section for iolimit section tells about what are all different types of shares user can add for disk. Not applicable when disk disk[].type=vpmemdisk.
level string	Tells about different level for the shares section. Choices: "low" "normal" "high" "custom"
level_value integer	Custom value when disk[].shares.level=custom.
sharing boolean	The sharing mode of the virtual disk. Setting sharing means that multiple virtual machines can write to the virtual disk. Sharing can only be set if disk[].type=eagerzeroedthick or disk[].type=rdm. Choices: false ← (default) true
size string	Disk storage size. If size specified then unit must be specified. There is no space allowed in between size number and unit. Only first occurrence in disk element will be considered, even if there are multiple size* parameters available.
size_gb integer	Disk storage size in gb.
size_kb integer	Disk storage size in kb.
size_mb integer	Disk storage size in mb.
size_tb integer	Disk storage size in tb.
state string	State of disk. If set to absent, disk will be removed permanently from virtual machine configuration and from VMware storage. If set to present, disk will be added if not present at given Controller and Unit Number. or disk exists with different size, disk size is increased, reducing disk size is not allowed. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"
type string	The type of disk, if not specified then use thick type for new disk, no eagerzero. Choices: "thin" "eagerzeroedthick" "thick" "rdm" "vpmemdisk"
unit_number integer / required	Disk Unit Number. Valid value range from 0 to 15, except 7 for SCSI Controller. Valid value range from 0 to 64, except 7 for Paravirtual SCSI Controller on Virtual Hardware version 14 or higher. Valid value range from 0 to 29 for SATA controller. Valid value range from 0 to 14 for NVME controller. Valid value range from 0 to 1 for IDE controller.
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
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.
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 or uuid is not supplied.
name string	Name of the virtual machine. This is a required parameter, if parameter uuid or moid is not supplied.
password aliases: pass, pwd 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.
port integer	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. Default: 443
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 VMWARE_PROXY_HOST will be used instead.
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 VMWARE_PROXY_PORT will be used instead.
use_instance_uuid boolean	Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID. Choices: false ← (default) true
username aliases: admin, user 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.
uuid string	UUID of the instance to gather facts if known, this is VMware’s unique identifier. This is a required parameter, if parameter name or moid is not supplied.
validate_certs boolean	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. Choices: false true ← (default)

Notes

Note

• All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

• All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Examples

- name: Add disks to virtual machine using UUID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
    disk:
      - size_mb: 10
        type: thin
        datastore: datacluster0
        state: present
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 1
        scsi_type: 'paravirtual'
        disk_mode: 'persistent'
      - size_gb: 10
        type: eagerzeroedthick
        state: present
        autoselect_datastore: true
        scsi_controller: 2
        scsi_type: 'buslogic'
        unit_number: 12
        disk_mode: 'independent_persistent'
      - size: 10Gb
        type: eagerzeroedthick
        state: present
        autoselect_datastore: true
        scsi_controller: 2
        scsi_type: 'buslogic'
        unit_number: 1
        disk_mode: 'independent_nonpersistent'
      - filename: "[datastore1] path/to/existing/disk.vmdk"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_facts

- name: Add disks with specified shares to the virtual machine
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    disk:
      - size_gb: 1
        type: thin
        datastore: datacluster0
        state: present
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 1
        disk_mode: 'independent_persistent'
        shares:
          level: custom
          level_value: 1300
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: test_custom_shares

- name: Add physical raw device mapping to virtual machine using name
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: false
    name: "Test_VM"
    disk:
      - type: rdm
        state: present
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 5
        rdm_path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.060000003b1234efb453
        compatibility_mode: 'physicalMode'

- name: Add virtual raw device mapping to virtual machine using name and virtual mode
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: false
    name: "Test_VM"
    disk:
      - type: rdm
        state: present
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 5
        rdm_path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.060000003b1234efb453
        compatibility_mode: 'virtualMode'
        disk_mode: 'persistent'

- name: Add raw device mapping to virtual machine with Physical bus sharing
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: false
    name: "Test_VM"
    disk:
      - type: rdm
        state: present
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 5
        rdm_path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.060000003b1234efb453
        compatibility_mode: 'virtualMode'
        disk_mode: 'persistent'
        bus_sharing: physicalSharing

- name: Add raw device mapping to virtual machine with Physical bus sharing and clustered disk
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: false
    name: "Test_VM"
    disk:
      - type: rdm
        state: present
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 5
        compatibility_mode: 'virtualMode'
        disk_mode: 'persistent'
        bus_sharing: physicalSharing
        filename: "[datastore1] path/to/rdm/disk-marker.vmdk"

- name: create new disk with custom IO limits and shares in IO Limits
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    disk:
      - size_gb: 1
        type: thin
        datastore: datacluster0
        state: present
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 1
        disk_mode: 'independent_persistent'
        iolimit:
            limit: 1506
            shares:
              level: custom
              level_value: 1305
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: test_custom_IoLimit_shares

- name: Remove disks from virtual machine using name
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: VM_225
    disk:
      - state: absent
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 1
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_facts

- name: Remove disk from virtual machine using moid
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    moid: vm-42
    disk:
      - state: absent
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 1
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_facts

- name: Remove disk from virtual machine but keep the VMDK file on the datastore
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: VM_225
    disk:
      - state: absent
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 2
        destroy: false
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_facts

- name: Add disks to virtual machine using UUID to SATA and NVMe controller
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: false
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
    disk:
      - size_mb: 256
        type: thin
        datastore: datacluster0
        state: present
        controller_type: sata
        controller_number: 1
        unit_number: 1
        disk_mode: 'persistent'
      - size_gb: 1
        state: present
        autoselect_datastore: true
        controller_type: nvme
        controller_number: 2
        unit_number: 3
        disk_mode: 'independent_persistent'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_facts

- name: Add a new vPMem disk to virtual machine to SATA controller
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: false
    name: VM_226
    disk:
      - type: vpmemdisk
        size_gb: 1
        state: present
        controller_type: sata
        controller_number: 1
        unit_number: 2
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_facts

Return Values

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

Key	Description
disk_changes dictionary	result of each task, key is the 0-based index with the same sequence in which the tasks were defined Returned: always Sample: {"0": "Disk deleted.", "1": "Disk created."}
disk_data dictionary	metadata about the virtual machine’s disks after managing them Returned: always Sample: {"0": {"backing_datastore": "datastore2", "backing_disk_mode": "persistent", "backing_eagerlyscrub": false, "backing_filename": "[datastore2] VM_225/VM_225.vmdk", "backing_thinprovisioned": false, "backing_uuid": "421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926", "backing_writethrough": false, "capacity_in_bytes": 10485760, "capacity_in_kb": 10240, "controller_key": 1000, "key": 2000, "label": "Hard disk 1", "summary": "10,240 KB", "unit_number": 0}}

Authors

• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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