Ansible vmware_guest creates vmware vm, but hostname does not changes. Also creates a additional junk folder

[Ajay Sharma]

HI Everyone. this Ansible yaml script creates vmware vm from previous template, but does not changes its host name.  also creates a additional folder named 

here is the screen shot attached. The vmware_guest module creates Testmachine, but the hostname of the machine remains same when i login to centos machine. 

also creates a junk folder named as  "replica-e040a406-2f24-4c53-b719-67f42c1b9115"

Thanks in Advance. please give some solution. here is my yaml script attached. 

cat us_vm.yaml

---

- name: Deploy VM on 172.XX.X.XXX

  hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: no

  vars_prompt:

  - name: templatename

    prompt: Supply template name

    default: "CENTOS7-ENT-WWW-APACHE-DEFAULT"

    private: no

  - name: vm_name

    prompt: Supply VM Name to Be Created

    default: "TestMachine"

    private: no

  tasks:

    - name: Create a VM from USA template

      vmware_guest:

        hostname: 172.17.X.XXX

        username: XXXX\XXXXX

        password: XXXXd1

        datacenter: OSC-US-Datacenter-Other

        validate_certs: no

        folder: /VMwareViewComposerReplicaFolder

        name: "{{vm_name}}"

        state: poweredon

        template: "{{templatename}}"

        disk:

          - size_gb: 50

            type: thin

            datastore: 3PAR_Datastore01

        hardware:

          memory_mb: 512

          num_cpus: 1

          scsi: paravirtual

        networks:

          - name: "OSC VLAN 4 172.16.9.0"

            type: dhcp

        customization:

#         dns_servers:

#         - 172.16.XX.XX

#         - 172.16.XX.XX

         dns_suffix: XXXX.XXXXXield.com

         hostname: "{{vm_name}}"

        wait_for_ip_address: no

      delegate_to: localhost

      register: deploy

[root@OSIANSIBLEIND instance]#

[Ajay Sharma]

Hi Everyone,

I would like to close this issue, as it is resolved.