Using Ansible 2.3 to Clone a VM from one VMware vDC to another vDC

[lcart...@gmail.com]

Hi Experts,

I'd like to know if it is possible to clone a VM from one VMware vDC to another vDC?

I know that I can clone a VM from a template within the same vDC but wanted to know if it was possible to clone between vDCs? 

admin@cso-1:~$ cat Test.yaml 

---

- name: Login to vCenter

  hosts: localhost

  connection: local

  gather_facts: false

  tasks: 

   - name: Clone

     vmware_guest:

       hostname: 10.53.232.168

       datacenter: NFV-vDC1

       username: ansible

       password: ansible123

       esxi_hostname: 10.53.232.180

       validate_certs: False

       name: "myvm"

       state: poweredoff

       disk:

         - size_gb: 150

           type: thin

           datastore: "datastore1"

       hardware:

        memory_mb: 2048

        num_cpus: 2

        osid: ubuntu64guest

        scsi: paravirtual

       template: CSO-1-Template

The template is located in a vDC called NFV-MGMT but I'd like to clone to NFV-vDC1 if possible.

I get the following error:

 "msg": "A specified parameter was not correct: spec.location.host"

Could anyone help please?

Regards,

Lewis

[J Hawkesworth]

I haven't tried to do this myself but I know that vmware_guest module has had a lot of development work during 2.3 so might be worth checking if there is an open issue for this in the github project.  I don't have access to a multi-datacenter vsphere so I can't test this myself.

Jon