community.vmware.vmware_vmotion – Move a virtual machine using vMotion, and/or its vmdks using storage vMotion.

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_vmotion.

Synopsis

• Using VMware vCenter, move a virtual machine using vMotion to a different host, and/or its vmdks to another datastore using storage vMotion.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6

• pyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
destination_datastore string		Name of the destination datastore the virtual machine's vmdk should be moved on. aliases: datastore
destination_host string		Name of the destination host the virtual machine should be running on. Version 2.6 onwards, this parameter is not a required parameter, unlike the previous versions. aliases: destination
destination_resourcepool string		Name of the destination resource pool where the virtual machine should be running. Resource pool is required if vmotion is done between hosts which are part of different clusters or datacenters. if not passed, resource_pool object will be retrived from host_obj parent. aliases: resource_pool
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.
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 vm_name or vm_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	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.
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. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
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	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
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 true, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
vm_name string		Name of the VM to perform a vMotion on. This is required parameter, if vm_uuid is not set. Version 2.6 onwards, this parameter is not a required parameter, unlike the previous versions. aliases: vm
vm_uuid string		UUID of the virtual machine to perform a vMotion operation on. This is a required parameter, if vm_name or moid is not set. aliases: uuid

Notes

Note

• Tested on vSphere 6.0

Examples

- name: Perform vMotion of virtual machine
  community.vmware.vmware_vmotion:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    vm_name: 'vm_name_as_per_vcenter'
    destination_host: 'destination_host_as_per_vcenter'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Perform vMotion of virtual machine
  community.vmware.vmware_vmotion:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    moid: vm-42
    destination_host: 'destination_host_as_per_vcenter'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Perform vMotion of virtual machine to resource_pool
  community.vmware.vmware_vmotion:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    moid: vm-42
    destination_host: 'destination_host_as_per_vcenter'
    destination_resourcepool: 'destination_resourcepool_as_per_vcenter'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Perform storage vMotion of of virtual machine
  community.vmware.vmware_vmotion:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    vm_name: 'vm_name_as_per_vcenter'
    destination_datastore: 'destination_datastore_as_per_vcenter'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Perform storage vMotion and host vMotion of virtual machine
  community.vmware.vmware_vmotion:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    vm_name: 'vm_name_as_per_vcenter'
    destination_host: 'destination_host_as_per_vcenter'
    destination_datastore: 'destination_datastore_as_per_vcenter'
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
running_host string	changed or success	List the host the virtual machine is registered to Sample: host1.example.com

Authors

• Bede Carroll (@bedecarroll)

• Olivier Boukili (@oboukili)