community.vmware.vmware_guest_controller module – Manage disk or USB controllers related to virtual machine in given vCenter infrastructure

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 4.8.1).

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_controller.

Synopsis

• This module can be used to add, remove disk controllers or USB controllers belonging to given virtual machine.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
controllers list / elements=dictionary	A list of disk or USB controllers to add or remove. Total 4 disk controllers with the same type are allowed per VM. Total 2 USB controllers are allowed per VM, 1 USB 2.0 and 1 USB 3.0 or 3.1. For specific guest OS, supported controller types please refer to VMware Compatibility Guide.
bus_sharing string	Bus sharing type for SCSI controller. Choices: "noSharing" ← (default) "physicalSharing" "virtualSharing"
controller_number integer	Disk controller bus number. When controllers[].state=absent, this parameter is required. When controllers[].type=usb2 or controllers[].type=usb3, this parameter is not required. Choices: 0 1 2 3
state string / required	Add new controller or remove specified existing controller. If set to absent, the specified controller will be removed from virtual machine when there is no disk or device attaching to it. If specified controller is removed or not exist, no action will be taken only warning message. If set to present, new controller with specified type will be added. If the number of controller with specified controller type reaches it’s maximum, no action will be taken only warning message. Choices: "present" "absent"
type string / required	Type of disk or USB controller. From vSphere 6.5 and virtual machine with hardware version 13, nvme controller starts to be supported. Choices: "buslogic" "lsilogic" "lsilogicsas" "paravirtual" "sata" "nvme" "usb2" "usb3"
datacenter string	The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to. Default: "ha-datacenter"
folder string	Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. This is a 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
gather_disk_controller_facts boolean	Whether to collect existing disk and USB controllers facts only. When this parameter is set to true, controllers parameter will be ignored. Choices: false ← (default) true
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.
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 a 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.
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. 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.
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.
sleep_time integer	The sleep time in seconds after VM reconfigure task completes, used when not get the updated VM controller facts after VM reconfiguration. This parameter is not required. Maximum value is 600. Default: 10
use_instance_uuid boolean	Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID. Choices: false ← (default) true
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.
uuid string	UUID of the instance to gather facts if known, this is VMware’s unique identifier. This is a 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. Choices: false true ← (default)

Notes

Note

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

• All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Examples

- name: Add disk and USB 3.0 controllers for virtual machine located by name
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_controller:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: test_VM
    controllers:
      - state: present
        type: sata
      - state: present
        type: nvme
      - state: present
        type: usb3
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_controller_facts

- name: Remove disk controllers and USB 2.0 from virtual machine located by moid
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_controller:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    moid: vm-33
    controllers:
      - state: absent
        controller_number: 1
        type: sata
      - state: absent
        controller_number: 0
        type: nvme
      - state: absent
        type: usb2
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: disk_controller_facts

Return Values

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

Key

Description

disk_controller_status dictionary

metadata about the virtual machine’s existing disk controllers or after adding or removing operation Returned: always Sample: {"nvme": {"0": {"controller_busnumber": 0, "controller_controllerkey": 100, "controller_devicekey": 31000, "controller_disks_devicekey": [], "controller_label": "NVME controller 0", "controller_summary": "NVME controller 0", "controller_unitnumber": 30}}, "sata": {"0": {"controller_busnumber": 0, "controller_controllerkey": 100, "controller_devicekey": 15000, "controller_disks_devicekey": [16000, 16001], "controller_label": "SATA controller 0", "controller_summary": "AHCI", "controller_unitnumber": 24}}, "scsi": {"0": {"controller_bus_sharing": "noSharing", "controller_busnumber": 0, "controller_controllerkey": 100, "controller_devicekey": 1000, "controller_disks_devicekey": [2000], "controller_label": "SCSI controller 0", "controller_summary": "LSI Logic SAS", "controller_unitnumber": 3}, "1": {"controller_bus_sharing": "physicalSharing", "controller_busnumber": 1, "controller_controllerkey": 100, "controller_devicekey": 1001, "controller_disks_devicekey": [], "controller_label": "SCSI controller 1", "controller_summary": "VMware paravirtual SCSI", "controller_unitnumber": 4}}, "usb2": {"0": {"controller_busnumber": 0, "controller_controllerkey": 100, "controller_devicekey": 7000, "controller_disks_devicekey": [], "controller_label": "USB Controller", "controller_summary": "Auto connect Disabled", "controller_unitnumber": 22}}}

Authors

• Diane Wang (@Tomorrow9)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Homepage
• Repository (Sources)