community.vmware.vmware_migrate_vmk module – Migrate a VMK interface from VSS to VDS

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 6.1.0).

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_migrate_vmk.

Synopsis

  • Migrate a VMK interface from VSS to VDS

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

current_portgroup_name

string / required

Portgroup name VMK interface is currently on

current_switch_name

string / required

Switch VMK interface is currently on

device

string / required

VMK interface name

esxi_hostname

string / required

ESXi hostname to be managed

hostname

string

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

migrate_portgroup_name

string / required

Portgroup name to migrate VMK interface to

migrate_switch_name

string / required

Switch name to migrate VMK interface to

migrate_vlan_id

integer

VLAN to use for the VMK interface when migrating from VDS to VSS

Will be ignored when migrating from VSS to VDS

password

aliases: pass, pwd

string

The password of the vSphere vCenter 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 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

The 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

The 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.

username

aliases: admin, user

string

The username of the vSphere vCenter server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

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 require API write access and hence are not supported on a free ESXi license.

  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

  • Modules may rely on the ‘requests’ python library, which does not use the system certificate store by default. You can specify the certificate store by setting the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable. Note having this variable set may cause a ‘false’ value for the ‘validate_certs’ option to be ignored in some cases. Example: ‘export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/path/to/your/ca_bundle.pem’

Examples

- name: Migrate Management vmk
  community.vmware.vmware_migrate_vmk:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    device: vmk1
    current_switch_name: temp_vswitch
    current_portgroup_name: esx-mgmt
    migrate_switch_name: dvSwitch
    migrate_portgroup_name: Management
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

  • Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)

  • Russell Teague (@mtnbikenc)