Failed to create a virtual machine : Cannot complete customization

[esxi...@gmail.com]

Hi

Any help is much appreciated ..  Here is summary of issue :

Module :

vmware_guest

Error :

"msg": "Failed to create a virtual machine : Cannot complete customization."

Ansible Version : 

ansible 2.9.10

Playbook :

---

- hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: false

  connection: local

  vars_files:

    - ./vars/xxx.yml

  tasks:

    - name: create vm using template

      vmware_guest:

        hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"

        username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"

        password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"

        datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"

        cluster: "{{ vcenter_cluster }}"

        template: "{{ vcenter_template }}"

        validate_certs: no

        name: "{{ item }}"

        folder: /xxx

        state: poweredon

        wait_for_ip_address: true

        disk:

        - size_gb: 80

          type: thin

          datastore: xxx

        hardware:

          memory_mb: 8192

          num_cpus: 4

          num_cpu_cores_per_socket: 4

          scsi: paravirtual

        networks:

        - name: xxx

          start_connected: true

        customization:

          domain: xxx

          dns_servers: xx

          dns_suffix: xxx

          joindomain: xxx

          autologon: true

          domainadmin: "xx"

          domainadminpassword: "xx"

          hostname: "{{ item }}"

      with_items: "{{ servers }}"

  

  

  

Issue :

VM is created but is power-off & is not joined to domain ..basically failed custimization

-vvvv does not show much 

Manually if done ie from vCenter UI, works as expected 

[esxi...@gmail.com]

I found the issue, the admin account was disabled & auto login was on...made auto login false & is good now 

[Piyush Bansal]

Dear Friend,

You can remove waitforip because you are not giving network ip .. atleast as per your playbook shown. Instead, you can mention waitforcustomization as true....!!

Also, you are not mentioning network ip address/subnet/gateway details... How is it supposed to contact the domain controller ?

Must make sure VMware tools are installed and not corrupted on the template from which You are deploying vm.

Also, give password directive in customisation section for the vm. This will be your vm administrator password. 

If I may ask... What's the OS version in template ?? 2008r2/2012/2012r2 etc ??

Thanks,

Piyush

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[esxi...@gmail.com]

I am using a subnet which is DHCP , hence no need to have IP mentioned

The OS is windows 10 

Thanks for the info, i will investigate on -  waitforcustomization as true