vmdk already exists error

[Raoul]

Hi,

I am currently trying to deploy new VM's from an existing template, but I do receive an error on every try:

Failed to create a virtual machine : Cannot complete the operation because the file or folder [LAB-GRPDC1-cluster1-vmware-vol02] ********/********.vmdk already exists

My current task which I am using looks like the following:

  - name: Create VPS

   vmware_guest:

     hostname: "{{ lookup('env', 'VMWARE_HOST') }}"

     username: "{{ lookup('env', 'VMWARE_USER') }}"

     password: "{{ lookup('env', 'VMWARE_PASSWORD') }}"

     validate_certs: False

     name: "{{ guest_hostname }}"

     template: TMPL-CENTOS7

     guest_id: rhel7_64Guest

     datacenter: site-1

     folder: /Test

     state: poweredon

     cluster: cluster-1

     disk:

     - size_gb: "{{ guest_disk_size }}"

       type: thin

       autoselect_datastore: True

     networks:

     - name: dv1-3300-management

       ip: "{{ guest_ip_address }}"

       netmask: "{{ guest_netmask }}"

       gateway: "{{ guest_gateway }}"

          hardware:

       memory_mb: "{{ guest_memory * 1024 }}"

       num_cpus: "{{ guest_vcpu }}"

       hotadd_cpu: True

       hotremove_cpu: True

       hotadd_memory: True

     customization:

       hostname: "{{ guest_hostname }}"

     wait_for_customization: True

     wait_for_ip_address: True

   delegate_to: localhost

   register: deploy_result

I meanwhile did play with the autoselect_datastore option, which did not change anything. Before I used to fill into datastore option my cluster which created the same error.

Does somebody hava an idea what's going wrong?

Thanks,

Raoul

[Raoul]

I have found an open issue on Github describing the problem. When setting the same disk size as the template has, everything works fine.

See issue: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55551