Community.Vmware
Collection version 1.17.0
Scenario Guide
Plugin Index
These are the plugins in the community.vmware collection:
Modules
vca_fw – add remove firewall rules in a gateway in a vca
vca_nat – add remove nat rules in a gateway in a vca
vca_vapp – Manages vCloud Air vApp instances.
vcenter_domain_user_group_info – Gather user or group information of a domain
vcenter_extension – Register/deregister vCenter Extensions
vcenter_extension_facts – Gather facts vCenter extensions
vcenter_extension_info – Gather info vCenter extensions
vcenter_folder – Manage folders on given datacenter
vcenter_license – Manage VMware vCenter license keys
vmware_about_facts – Provides information about VMware server to which user is connecting to
vmware_about_info – Provides information about VMware server to which user is connecting to
vmware_category – Manage VMware categories
vmware_category_facts – Gather facts about VMware tag categories
vmware_category_info – Gather info about VMware tag categories
vmware_cfg_backup – Backup / Restore / Reset ESXi host configuration
vmware_cluster – Manage VMware vSphere clusters
vmware_cluster_drs – Manage Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) on VMware vSphere clusters
vmware_cluster_ha – Manage High Availability (HA) on VMware vSphere clusters
vmware_cluster_info – Gather info about clusters available in given vCenter
vmware_cluster_vsan – Manages virtual storage area network (vSAN) configuration on VMware vSphere clusters
vmware_content_deploy_ovf_template – Deploy Virtual Machine from ovf template stored in content library.
vmware_content_deploy_template – Deploy Virtual Machine from template stored in content library.
vmware_content_library_info – Gather information about VMWare Content Library
vmware_content_library_manager – Create, update and delete VMware content library
vmware_datacenter – Manage VMware vSphere Datacenters
vmware_datacenter_info – Gather information about VMware vSphere Datacenters
vmware_datastore_cluster – Manage VMware vSphere datastore clusters
vmware_datastore_cluster_manager – Manage VMware vSphere datastore cluster’s members
vmware_datastore_info – Gather info about datastores available in given vCenter
vmware_datastore_maintenancemode – Place a datastore into maintenance mode
vmware_deploy_ovf – Deploys a VMware virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file
vmware_dns_config – Manage VMware ESXi DNS Configuration
vmware_drs_group – Creates vm/host group in a given cluster.
vmware_drs_group_facts – Gathers facts about DRS VM/Host groups on the given cluster
vmware_drs_group_info – Gathers info about DRS VM/Host groups on the given cluster
vmware_drs_group_manager – Manage VMs and Hosts in DRS group.
vmware_drs_rule_facts – Gathers facts about DRS rule on the given cluster
vmware_drs_rule_info – Gathers info about DRS rule on the given cluster
vmware_dvs_host – Add or remove a host from distributed virtual switch
vmware_dvs_portgroup – Create or remove a Distributed vSwitch portgroup.
vmware_dvs_portgroup_facts – Gathers facts DVS portgroup configurations
vmware_dvs_portgroup_find – Find portgroup(s) in a VMware environment
vmware_dvs_portgroup_info – Gathers info DVS portgroup configurations
vmware_dvswitch – Create or remove a Distributed Switch
vmware_dvswitch_info – Gathers info dvswitch configurations
vmware_dvswitch_lacp – Manage LACP configuration on a Distributed Switch
vmware_dvswitch_nioc – Manage distributed switch Network IO Control
vmware_dvswitch_pvlans – Manage Private VLAN configuration of a Distributed Switch
vmware_dvswitch_uplink_pg – Manage uplink portproup configuration of a Distributed Switch
vmware_evc_mode – Enable/Disable EVC mode on vCenter
vmware_export_ovf – Exports a VMware virtual machine to an OVF file, device files and a manifest file
vmware_first_class_disk – Manage VMware vSphere First Class Disks
vmware_folder_info – Provides information about folders in a datacenter
vmware_guest – Manages virtual machines in vCenter
vmware_guest_boot_facts – Gather facts about boot options for the given virtual machine
vmware_guest_boot_info – Gather info about boot options for the given virtual machine
vmware_guest_boot_manager – Manage boot options for the given virtual machine
vmware_guest_controller – Manage disk or USB controllers related to virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure
vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone – Cross-vCenter VM/template clone
vmware_guest_custom_attribute_defs – Manage custom attributes definitions for virtual machine from VMware
vmware_guest_custom_attributes – Manage custom attributes from VMware for the given virtual machine
vmware_guest_customization_facts – Gather facts about VM customization specifications
vmware_guest_customization_info – Gather info about VM customization specifications
vmware_guest_disk – Manage disks related to virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure
vmware_guest_disk_facts – Gather facts about disks of given virtual machine
vmware_guest_disk_info – Gather info about disks of given virtual machine
vmware_guest_file_operation – Files operation in a VMware guest operating system without network
vmware_guest_find – Find the folder path(s) for a virtual machine by name or UUID
vmware_guest_info – Gather info about a single VM
vmware_guest_instant_clone – Instant Clone VM
vmware_guest_move – Moves virtual machines in vCenter
vmware_guest_network – Manage network adapters of specified virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure
vmware_guest_powerstate – Manages power states of virtual machines in vCenter
vmware_guest_register_operation – VM inventory registration operation
vmware_guest_screenshot – Create a screenshot of the Virtual Machine console.
vmware_guest_sendkey – Send USB HID codes to the Virtual Machine’s keyboard.
vmware_guest_serial_port – Manage serial ports on an existing VM
vmware_guest_snapshot – Manages virtual machines snapshots in vCenter
vmware_guest_snapshot_info – Gather info about virtual machine’s snapshots in vCenter
vmware_guest_storage_policy – Set VM Home and disk(s) storage policy profiles.
vmware_guest_tools_info – Gather info about VMware tools installed in VM
vmware_guest_tools_upgrade – Module to upgrade VMTools
vmware_guest_tools_wait – Wait for VMware tools to become available
vmware_guest_tpm – Add or remove vTPM device for specified VM.
vmware_guest_video – Modify video card configurations of specified virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure
vmware_guest_vnc – Manages VNC remote display on virtual machines in vCenter
vmware_host – Add, remove, or move an ESXi host to, from, or within vCenter
vmware_host_acceptance – Manage the host acceptance level of an ESXi host
vmware_host_active_directory – Joins an ESXi host system to an Active Directory domain or leaves it
vmware_host_auto_start – Manage the auto power ON or OFF for vm on ESXi host
vmware_host_capability_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s capability information
vmware_host_capability_info – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s capability information
vmware_host_config_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s advance configuration information
vmware_host_config_info – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s advance configuration information
vmware_host_config_manager – Manage advanced system settings of an ESXi host
vmware_host_custom_attributes – Manage custom attributes from VMware for the given ESXi host
vmware_host_datastore – Manage a datastore on ESXi host
vmware_host_disk_info – Gathers information about disks attached to given ESXi host/s.
vmware_host_dns – Manage DNS configuration of an ESXi host system
vmware_host_dns_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s DNS configuration information
vmware_host_dns_info – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s DNS configuration information
vmware_host_facts – Gathers facts about remote ESXi hostsystem
vmware_host_feature_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s feature capability information
vmware_host_feature_info – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s feature capability information
vmware_host_firewall_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s firewall configuration information
vmware_host_firewall_info – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s firewall configuration information
vmware_host_firewall_manager – Manage firewall configurations about an ESXi host
vmware_host_hyperthreading – Enables/Disables Hyperthreading optimization for an ESXi host system
vmware_host_ipv6 – Enables/Disables IPv6 support for an ESXi host system
vmware_host_iscsi – Manage the iSCSI configuration of ESXi host
vmware_host_iscsi_info – Gather iSCSI configuration information of ESXi host
vmware_host_kernel_manager – Manage kernel module options on ESXi hosts
vmware_host_lockdown – Manage administrator permission for the local administrative account for the ESXi host
vmware_host_logbundle – Fetch logbundle file from ESXi
vmware_host_logbundle_info – Gathers manifest info for logbundle
vmware_host_ntp – Manage NTP server configuration of an ESXi host
vmware_host_ntp_facts – Gathers facts about NTP configuration on an ESXi host
vmware_host_ntp_info – Gathers info about NTP configuration on an ESXi host
vmware_host_package_facts – Gathers facts about available packages on an ESXi host
vmware_host_package_info – Gathers info about available packages on an ESXi host
vmware_host_passthrough – Manage PCI device passthrough settings on host
vmware_host_powermgmt_policy – Manages the Power Management Policy of an ESXI host system
vmware_host_powerstate – Manages power states of host systems in vCenter
vmware_host_scanhba – Rescan host HBA’s and optionally refresh the storage system
vmware_host_scsidisk_info – Gather information about SCSI disk attached to the given ESXi
vmware_host_service_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s services
vmware_host_service_info – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s services
vmware_host_service_manager – Manage services on a given ESXi host
vmware_host_snmp – Configures SNMP on an ESXi host system
vmware_host_sriov – Manage SR-IOV settings on host
vmware_host_ssl_facts – Gather facts of ESXi host system about SSL
vmware_host_ssl_info – Gather info of ESXi host system about SSL
vmware_host_tcpip_stacks – Manage the TCP/IP Stacks configuration of ESXi host
vmware_host_vmhba_facts – Gathers facts about vmhbas available on the given ESXi host
vmware_host_vmhba_info – Gathers info about vmhbas available on the given ESXi host
vmware_host_vmnic_facts – Gathers facts about vmnics available on the given ESXi host
vmware_host_vmnic_info – Gathers info about vmnics available on the given ESXi host
vmware_local_role_facts – Gather facts about local roles on an ESXi host
vmware_local_role_info – Gather info about local roles on an ESXi host
vmware_local_role_manager – Manage local roles on an ESXi host
vmware_local_user_facts – Gather facts about users on the given ESXi host
vmware_local_user_info – Gather info about users on the given ESXi host
vmware_local_user_manager – Manage local users on an ESXi host
vmware_maintenancemode – Place a host into maintenance mode
vmware_migrate_vmk – Migrate a VMK interface from VSS to VDS
vmware_object_custom_attributes_info – Gather custom attributes of an object
vmware_object_rename – Renames VMware objects
vmware_object_role_permission – Manage local roles on an ESXi host
vmware_object_role_permission_info – Gather information about object’s permissions
vmware_portgroup – Create a VMware portgroup
vmware_portgroup_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s Port Group configuration
vmware_portgroup_info – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s Port Group configuration
vmware_recommended_datastore – Returns the recommended datastore from a SDRS-enabled datastore cluster
vmware_resource_pool – Add/remove resource pools to/from vCenter
vmware_resource_pool_facts – Gathers facts about resource pool information
vmware_resource_pool_info – Gathers info about resource pool information
vmware_tag – Manage VMware tags
vmware_tag_info – Manage VMware tag info
vmware_tag_manager – Manage association of VMware tags with VMware objects
vmware_target_canonical_facts – Return canonical (NAA) from an ESXi host system
vmware_target_canonical_info – Return canonical (NAA) from an ESXi host system
vmware_vc_infraprofile_info – List and Export VMware vCenter infra profile configs.
vmware_vcenter_settings – Configures general settings on a vCenter server
vmware_vcenter_settings_info – Gather info vCenter settings
vmware_vcenter_statistics – Configures statistics on a vCenter server
vmware_vm_config_option – Return supported guest ID list and VM recommended config option for specific guest OS
vmware_vm_host_drs_rule – Creates vm/host group in a given cluster
vmware_vm_info – Return basic info pertaining to a VMware machine guest
vmware_vm_shell – Run commands in a VMware guest operating system
vmware_vm_storage_policy – Create vSphere storage policies
vmware_vm_storage_policy_info – Gather information about vSphere storage profile defined storage policy information.
vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule – Configure VMware DRS Affinity rule for virtual machines in the given cluster
vmware_vm_vss_dvs_migrate – Migrates a virtual machine from a standard vswitch to distributed
vmware_vmkernel – Manages a VMware VMkernel Adapter of an ESXi host.
vmware_vmkernel_facts – Gathers VMKernel facts about an ESXi host
vmware_vmkernel_info – Gathers VMKernel info about an ESXi host
vmware_vmkernel_ip_config – Configure the VMkernel IP Address
vmware_vmotion – Move a virtual machine using vMotion, and/or its vmdks using storage vMotion.
vmware_vsan_cluster – Configure VSAN clustering on an ESXi host
vmware_vsan_health_info – Gather information about a VMware vSAN cluster’s health
vmware_vspan_session – Create or remove a Port Mirroring session.
vmware_vswitch – Manage a VMware Standard Switch to an ESXi host.
vmware_vswitch_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s vswitch configurations
vmware_vswitch_info – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s vswitch configurations
vsphere_copy – Copy a file to a VMware datastore
vsphere_file – Manage files on a vCenter datastore
Connection Plugins
vmware_tools – Execute tasks inside a VM via VMware Tools
Inventory Plugins
vmware_host_inventory – VMware ESXi hostsystem inventory source
vmware_vm_inventory – VMware Guest inventory source
See also
List of collections with docs hosted here.