community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot_info – Gather info about virtual machine’s snapshots in vCenter¶
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_snapshot_info
.
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.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python >= 2.6
PyVmomi
Parameters¶
Examples¶
- name: Gather snapshot information about the virtual machine in the given vCenter
community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
folder: "/{{ datacenter_name }}/vm/"
name: "{{ guest_name }}"
delegate_to: localhost
register: snapshot_info
- name: Gather snapshot information about the virtual machine using MoID
community.vmware.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:
Authors¶
Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)