How to create Multiple Guest Vms Snapshot

[Arvind kumar]

HI, I have Created a playbook to take a snapshot before patching of servers but this playbook has only one Guest_vm define so it working perfectly for me.

 - name: Vmware guest snapshot create

   hosts: test-hypervisor

   tasks:

      - name: Create a snapshot

        vmware_guest_snapshot:

           hostname: test-hypervisior

           username: root

           password: asdfghj123*

           datacenter: test-hypervisior

           folder: " /folder1/localhost.example.com/vm"

           name: RJRedhat01

           state: present

           validate_certs: False

           snapshot_name: snap55

           description: Test snapshot

        delegate_to: localhost

        register: snapshot_info

      - name: show the status

        debug:

            var: snapshot_info.snapshot_results

#### Above Playbook is working fine for me',  But I have dozens of server and I want to create the snapshot of all nodes, I am using  with_item  for looping all nodes but it is not working for me. 

My Playbook for Multi vm_guest snapshot creation

- name: Vmware guest snapshot create

   hosts: test-hypervisior

   tasks:

      - name: Create a snapshot

        vmware_guest_snapshot:

           hostname: test-hypervisior

           username: root

           password: asdfghj123*

           datacenter: test-hypervisior

           folder: " /folder1/localhost.example.com/vm"

           name: "{{ item}}"

           with_items:

                    - RJCentos1

                    - RJRedhat01

                    - MAXFAX01

           state: present

           validate_certs: False

           snapshot_name: snap__with_multi_vms

           description: snap1_descriptioninnn

        delegate_to: localhost

        register: snapshot_info

      - name: show the status

        debug:

            var: snapshot_info.snapshot_results

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 ansible-playbook vm-snap-c2.yaml -u root -k

SSH password:

PLAY [Vmware guest snapshot create] *************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************************************************************************************************

Monday 20 April 2020  07:28:44 -0400 (0:00:00.056)       0:00:00.056 **********

ok: [test-hypervisior]

TASK [Create a snapshot] ************************************************************************************************************************************************

Monday 20 April 2020  07:28:46 -0400 (0:00:02.462)       0:00:02.519 **********

fatal: [test-hypervisior]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'item' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to be in '/home/akumar/vm/vm-snap-c2.yaml': line 5, column 9, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n      - name: Create a snapshot\n        ^ here\n"}

PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************************************************************************************

test-hypervisior           : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Monday 20 April 2020  07:28:47 -0400 (0:00:00.167)       0:00:02.687 **********

===============================================================================

Gathering Facts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.46s

Create a snapshot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0.17s

[Abhijeet Kasurde]

with_items is a task level parameter and not vmware_guest_snapshot parameter. To fix, you might want to match the indentation of with_items with delegate_to or register parameters.

Please read https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html#with-items

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Thanks,

Abhijeet Kasurde

[Arvind Kumar]

Thank you Abhijeet and team   for support and immediate response 😊😊

Thanks & Regards
Arvind Kumar
Cell:- 9555962061.

Thanks & Regards

Arvind Kumar

Cell:- 9555962061.

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