community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk_info module – Gather info about disks of given virtual machine

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.18.2).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk_info.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gather information about disks belonging to given virtual machine.

  • All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

datacenter

string / required

The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to.

folder

string

Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest.

This is required parameter, only if multiple VMs are found with same name.

The folder should include the datacenter. ESX’s datacenter is ha-datacenter

Examples:

folder: /ha-datacenter/vm

folder: ha-datacenter/vm

folder: /datacenter1/vm

folder: datacenter1/vm

folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1

folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1

folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm

folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm

folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2

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 name or uuid is not supplied.

name

string

Name of the virtual machine.

This is required parameter, if parameter uuid or moid is not supplied.

password

aliases: pass, pwd

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.

port

integer

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.

Default: 443

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

Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

username

aliases: admin, user

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.

uuid

string

UUID of the instance to gather information if known, this is VMware’s unique identifier.

This is required parameter, if parameter name or moid is not supplied.

validate_certs

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.0 and 6.5.

  • Disk UUID information is added in version 2.8.

  • Additional information about guest disk backings added in version 2.8.

  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Gather disk info from virtual machine using UUID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: ha-datacenter
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_info

- name: Gather disk info from virtual machine using name
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: ha-datacenter
    name: VM_225
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_info

- name: Gather disk info from virtual machine using moid
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: ha-datacenter
    moid: vm-42
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_info

Return Values

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

Key

Description

guest_disk_info

dictionary

metadata about the virtual machine’s disks

Returned: always

Sample: {“0”: {“backing_datastore”: “datastore2”, “backing_disk_mode”: “persistent”, “backing_diskmode”: “persistent”, “backing_eagerlyscrub”: false, “backing_filename”: “[datastore2] VM_225/VM_225.vmdk”, “backing_thinprovisioned”: false, “backing_type”: “FlatVer2”, “backing_uuid”: “200C3A00-f82a-97af-02ff-62a595f0020a”, “backing_writethrough”: false, “capacity_in_bytes”: 10485760, “capacity_in_kb”: 10240, “controller_bus_number”: 0, “controller_key”: 1000, “controller_type”: “paravirtual”, “key”: 2000, “label”: “Hard disk 1”, “summary”: “10,240 KB”, “unit_number”: 0}, “1”: {“backing_datastore”: “datastore3”, “backing_devicename”: “vml.012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123”, “backing_disk_mode”: “independent_persistent”, “backing_diskmode”: “independent_persistent”, “backing_filename”: “[datastore3] VM_226/VM_226.vmdk”, “backing_lunuuid”: “012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123”, “backing_type”: “RawDiskMappingVer1”, “backing_uuid”: null, “capacity_in_bytes”: 15728640, “capacity_in_kb”: 15360, “controller_bus_number”: 0, “controller_key”: 1000, “controller_type”: “paravirtual”, “key”: 2001, “label”: “Hard disk 3”, “summary”: “15,360 KB”, “unit_number”: 1}}

Authors

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)