vmware_guest_disk – Manage disks related to virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

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

• All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.

• 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.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6

• PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
datacenter - / required		The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to.
disk -	Default: []	A list of disks to add. The virtual disk related information is provided using this list. All values and parameters are case sensitive. Valid attributes are: - size[_tb,_gb,_mb,_kb] (integer): Disk storage size in specified unit. If size specified then unit must be specified. There is no space allowed in between size number and unit. Only first occurance in disk element will be considered, even if there are multiple size* parameters available. - type (string): Valid values are: - thin thin disk - eagerzeroedthick eagerzeroedthick disk - thick thick disk Default: thick thick disk, no eagerzero. - datastore (string): Name of datastore or datastore cluster to be used for the disk. - autoselect_datastore (bool): Select the less used datastore. Specify only if datastore is not specified. - scsi_controller (integer): SCSI controller number. Valid value range from 0 to 3. Only 4 SCSI controllers are allowed per VM. Care should be taken while specifying scsi_controller is 0 and unit_number as 0 as this disk may contain OS. - unit_number (integer): Disk Unit Number. Valid value range from 0 to 15. Only 15 disks are allowed per SCSI Controller. - 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 state is absent. Valid values are buslogic, lsilogic, lsilogicsas and paravirtual. paravirtual is default value for this parameter. - state (string): State of disk. This is either "absent" or "present". If state is set to absent, disk will be removed permanently from virtual machine configuration and from VMware storage. If state is set to present, disk will be added if not present at given SCSI Controller and Unit Number. If state is set to present and disk exists with different size, disk size is increased. Reducing disk size is not allowed.
folder -		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. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
name -		Name of the virtual machine. This is a required parameter, if parameter uuid 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.
use_instance_uuid boolean added in 2.8	Choices: 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 -		UUID of the instance to gather facts if known, this is VMware's unique identifier. This is a required parameter, if parameter name is not supplied.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: 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: Add disks to virtual machine using UUID
  vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: no
    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'
      - size_gb: 10
        type: eagerzeroedthick
        state: present
        autoselect_datastore: True
        scsi_controller: 2
        scsi_type: 'buslogic'
        unit_number: 12
      - size: 10Gb
        type: eagerzeroedthick
        state: present
        autoselect_datastore: True
        scsi_controller: 2
        scsi_type: 'buslogic'
        unit_number: 1
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_facts

- name: Remove disks from virtual machine using name
  vmware_guest_disk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: no
    name: VM_225
    disk:
      - state: absent
        scsi_controller: 1
        unit_number: 1
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_facts

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
disk_status dictionary	always	metadata about the virtual machine's disks after managing them Sample: {'0': {'backing_datastore': 'datastore2', 'backing_disk_mode': 'persistent', 'backing_eagerlyscrub': False, 'backing_filename': '[datastore2] VM_225/VM_225.vmdk', 'backing_thinprovisioned': False, '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}}

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) <akasurde@redhat.com>

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