vmware_guest: "unsupported parameter for module: datacenter"

[Jörg Kastning]

Hello folks,

I'm having difficulties using the vmware_guest module to create a guest vm on my VMware vCenter 6. My playbook looks as follows:

# Create a new VM on an ESX server

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - vsphere_guest:
      hostname: <name of vcenter server>
      username: 'domain\user'
      password: "password"
      name: rhel-t4
      state: powerdon
      folder: JKA
      disk:
        - size_gb: 18
          type: thin
          datastore: <name of the datastore cluster>
      nic:
        - type: vmxnet3
          network: VLAN30
      hardware:
        memory_mb: 2048
        num_cpus: 1
        osid: rhel64guest
        scsi: paravirtual
      datacenter: "HRZ-TEST4"
      esxi_hostname: <fqdn of the esxi host>
      template: RHEL72-EN

When running the playbook I get the following error:

ansible-playbook create_vm_on_vcenter.yml -C

PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [vsphere_guest] ***********************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "unsupported parameter for module: datacenter"}

NO MORE HOSTS LEFT *************************************************************
 [WARNING]: Could not create retry file 'create_vm_on_vcenter.retry'.         [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ''


PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

The error message implies that the parameter "datacenter" is not supported by the module vmware_guest. But fromwhat is written in vmware_guest - Manages virtualmachines in vcenter this is a required parameter. Could some explain what's wrong here, please?

Best regards,
Joerg

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 25.10.2016 11:09, Jörg Kastning wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I'm having difficulties using the vmware_guest module to create a guest
> vm
> on my VMware vCenter 6. My playbook looks as follows:
> # Create a new VM on an ESX server
>
> - hosts: localhost
> tasks:
> - vsphere_guest:

[ snip ]

>
> The error message implies that the parameter "datacenter" is not
> supported
> by the module vmware_guest. But fromwhat is written in vmware_guest -
> Manages virtualmachines in vcenter

> <http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/vmware_guest_module.html> this is a

> required parameter. Could some explain what's wrong here, please?

vsphere_guest != vmware_guest

vsphere_guest doesn’t have datacenter
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/vsphere_guest_module.html

vmware_guest is a new module in the upcoming 2.2 release.

--
Kai Stian Olstad

[Jörg Kastning]

Am Dienstag, 25. Oktober 2016 11:23:32 UTC+2 schrieb Kai Stian Olstad:

On 25.10.2016 11:09, Jörg Kastning wrote:
> - hosts: localhost
>   tasks:
>   - vsphere_guest:

[ snip ]

vsphere_guest != vmware_guest

vsphere_guest doesn’t have datacenter
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/vsphere_guest_module.html

vmware_guest is a new module in the upcoming 2.2 release.

Ah ok, I see I mixed that up. Thank you for your quick reply.