community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk – Manage disks related to virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure¶
Note
This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.9.0).
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.
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¶
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: 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: no
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: no
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
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Authors¶
Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) <akasurde@redhat.com>