vmware_vmotion - Move a virtual machine using vMotion, and/or its vmdks using storage vMotion.

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6
  • pyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
destination_datastore
(added in 2.7)
Name of the destination datastore the virtual machine's vmdk should be moved on.

aliases: datastore
destination_host
Name of the destination host the virtual machine should be running on.
Version 2.6 onwards, this parameter is not a required parameter, unlike the previous versions.

aliases: destination
hostname
str
The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in version 2.6.
password
str
The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in version 2.6.

aliases: pass, pwd
port
int

(added in 2.5)
Default:
443
The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in version 2.6.
username
str
The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in version 2.6.

aliases: admin, user
validate_certs
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in version 2.6.
If set to yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
vm_name
Name of the VM to perform a vMotion on.
This is required parameter, if vm_uuid is not set.
Version 2.6 onwards, this parameter is not a required parameter, unlike the previous versions.

aliases: vm
vm_uuid
(added in 2.7)
UUID of the virtual machine to perform a vMotion operation on.
This is a required parameter, if vm_name is not set.

aliases: uuid

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.0

Examples

- name: Perform vMotion of virtual machine
  vmware_vmotion:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    validate_certs: no
    vm_name: 'vm_name_as_per_vcenter'
    destination_host: 'destination_host_as_per_vcenter'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Perform storage vMotion of of virtual machine
  vmware_vmotion:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    validate_certs: no
    vm_name: 'vm_name_as_per_vcenter'
    destination_datastore: 'destination_datastore_as_per_vcenter'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Perform storage vMotion and host vMotion of virtual machine
  vmware_vmotion:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    validate_certs: no
    vm_name: 'vm_name_as_per_vcenter'
    destination_host: 'destination_host_as_per_vcenter'
    destination_datastore: 'destination_datastore_as_per_vcenter'
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
running_host
string
changed or success
List the host the virtual machine is registered to

Sample:
host1.example.com


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Bede Carroll (@bedecarroll)
  • Olivier Boukili (@oboukili)

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