community.vmware.vmware_guest_vgpu module – Modify vGPU video card profile of the specified virtual machine in the given vCenter infrastructure

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 4.8.0).

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_vgpu.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cluster

string

The cluster name where the virtual machine is running.

datacenter

string

The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to.

Default: "ha-datacenter"

esxi_hostname

string

The ESXi hostname where the virtual machine is running.

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. ESXi server’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

force

boolean

Force operation.

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.

state

string

vGPU profile state.

When present, the selected vGPU profile will be added if the VM hosted ESXi host NVIDIA GPU offer it.

When absent, the selected vGPU profile gets removed from the VM.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

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)

vgpu

string

A supported vGPU profile depending on the GPU model. Required for any operation.

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 vGPU profile to VM
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_vgpu:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: false
    name: UbuntuTest
    vgpu: 'grid_m10-8q'
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vgpu_info

- name: Remove vGPU profile to VM
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_vgpu:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: false
    name: UbuntuTest
    vgpu: 'grid_m10-8q'
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vgpu_info

Return Values

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

Key

Description

vgpu_info

dictionary

metadata about the virtual machine’s vGPU profile

Returned: always

Sample: {"vgpu": {"Controller_Key": 100, "Key": 13000, "Label": "PCI device 0", "Summary": "NVIDIA GRID vGPU grid_m10-8q", "Unit_Number": 18, "Vgpu": "grid_m10-8q"}}

Authors

  • Mohamed Alibi (@Medalibi)

  • Unknown (@matancarmeli7)