Error while creating VM using ansible in vShpere | Must call 'connect' before invoking this method

[tarun emany]

Hi,

I am trying to create VM using ansible playbook.

- hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local
  user: root
  sudo: false
  gather_facts: false
  serial: 1

  tasks:
  - vsphere_guest:
      vcenter_hostname: '10.39.1.59'
      username: 'xxxx'
      password: 'xxxx'
      guest: 'newTestVM'
      state: powered_on
      vm_disk:
        disk1:
          size_gb: 10
          type: thin
          datastore: 10_39_1_59_datastore1
      vm_nic:
        nic1:
          type: vmxnet3
          network: vm
          network_type: standard
      vm_hardware:
        memory_mb: 1024
        num_cpus: 1
        osid: UbuntuLinux
        scsi: paravirtual
      esxi:
        datacenter: ha-datacenter
        hostname: xxxxx

While executing this playbook I am gettting following error. I am using python 2.7.6

failed: [127.0.0.1] => {"failed": true, "parsed": false}
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/tarun/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1432229782.37-105411516106078/vsphere_guest", line 2923, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/tarun/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1432229782.37-105411516106078/vsphere_guest", line 1312, in main
    state=state
  File "/home/tarun/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1432229782.37-105411516106078/vsphere_guest", line 901, in create_vm
    task.get_error_message())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pysphere/vi_task.py", line 82, in get_error_message
    self.__poll_task_info()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pysphere/vi_task.py", line 120, in __poll_task_info
    raise e
pysphere.resources.vi_exception.VIException: [Not Connected]: Must call 'connect' before invoking this method


FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

Please help me with this..

Thanks