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How to configure the VMware tools of a running virtual machine

Introduction
Scenario requirements
How to change the upgrade policy
- Change the upgrade policy to MANUAL
  - Result
- Change the upgrade policy to UPGRADE_AT_POWER_CYCLE
  - Result

Introduction 

This section show you how to collection information from a running virtual machine.

Scenario requirements 

You’ve already followed How to run a virtual machine and your virtual machine runs VMware Tools.

How to change the upgrade policy 

Change the upgrade policy to MANUAL 

You can adjust the VMware Tools upgrade policy with the vcenter_vm_tools module.

- name: Change vm-tools upgrade policy to MANUAL
  vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_tools:
    vm: '{{ test_vm1_info.id }}'
    upgrade_policy: MANUAL
  register: _result

Result 

{
    "id": null,
    "changed": true
}

Change the upgrade policy to UPGRADE_AT_POWER_CYCLE 

- name: Change vm-tools upgrade policy to UPGRADE_AT_POWER_CYCLE
  vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_tools:
    vm: '{{ test_vm1_info.id }}'
    upgrade_policy: UPGRADE_AT_POWER_CYCLE
  register: _result

Result 

{
    "id": null,
    "changed": true
}