vmware_guest_snapshot_facts – Gather facts about virtual machine’s snapshots in vCenter

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gather facts about virtual machine’s snapshots.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
datacenter
- / required
Name of the datacenter.
folder
-
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.
name
-
Name of the VM to work with.
This is required if 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 manage if known, this is VMware's BIOS UUID by default.
This is required if name parameter is not supplied.
The folder is ignored, if uuid is provided.
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: Gather snapshot facts about the virtual machine in the given vCenter
  vmware_guest_snapshot_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: "{{ guest_name }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: snapshot_facts

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 facts

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'}]}


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