community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot_info module – Gather info about virtual machine’s snapshots in vCenter
Note
This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 3.7.0).
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_snapshot_info
.
Synopsis
This module can be used to gather information about virtual machine’s snapshots.
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Name of the datacenter. |
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Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. This is required parameter, if The folder should include the datacenter. ESX’s datacenter is ha-datacenter Examples:
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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 Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. |
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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 |
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Name of the VM to work with. This is required if |
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The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. |
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The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. Default: |
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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 This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12 |
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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 |
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Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID. Choices:
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The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. |
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UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware’s BIOS UUID by default. This is required if The |
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Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to Choices:
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Notes
Note
All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.
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:
Key |
Description |
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metadata about the snapshot information Returned: always Sample: |