copy file to multiple datastores in different vcenters

[Tony Wong]

any idea how to modify my playbook to copy file to multiple datastores on multiple vcenters?

--
- name: test
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  vars_files:
    - vcenter_creds.yml
    - vars.yml
  #no_log: True
 
  tasks:
  - name: Copy file to datastore using delegate_to
    community.vmware.vsphere_copy:
      hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
      username: '{{ vcenter_sso_admin_esg }}'
      password: '{{ vcenter_sso_admin_esg_pass }}'
      src: '{{ src_file }}'
      datacenter: '{{ datacenter }}'
      datastore: '{{ datastore }}'
      path: '{{ dst_file }}'
      validate_certs: no
    delegate_to: localhost
    run_once: true

[Atul Nasir]

To copy a file to multiple datastores on multiple vCenters, you can modify your playbook to loop through a list of vCenters and datastores

---
- name: Copy files to multiple datastores on multiple vCenters
  hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: no
  vars_files:
    - vcenter_creds.yml
    - vars.yml

  tasks:
    - name: Loop through vCenters
      include_tasks: copy_to_datastores.yml
      loop: "{{ vcenters }}"
      loop_control:
        loop_var: vcenter
Create a separate file named copy_to_datastores.yml with the following content:

---

- name: Copy file to datastore using delegate_to
  community.vmware.vsphere_copy:

    hostname: "{{ vcenter.hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter.username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter.password }}"
    src: "{{ src_file }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    datastore: "{{ item }}"

    path: "{{ dst_file }}"
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost
  run_once: true

  loop: "{{ datastores }}"

In your vars.yml, define your vcenters list and datastores list:

---
vcenters:
  - hostname: vcenter1.example.com
    username: vcenter1_username
    password: vcenter1_password
  - hostname: vcenter2.example.com
    username: vcenter2_username
    password: vcenter2_password
# Add more vCenters as needed

datastores:
  - datastore1
  - datastore2
  # Add more datastores as needed