community.vmware.vmware_guest_screenshot – Create a screenshot of the Virtual Machine console.

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• This module is used to take screenshot of the given virtual machine when virtual machine is powered on.
• All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: take a screenshot of the virtual machine console
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_screenshot:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    folder: "{{ folder_name }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    local_path: "/tmp/"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: take_screenshot

- name: Take a screenshot of the virtual machine console using MoID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_screenshot:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    folder: "{{ folder_name }}"
    moid: vm-42
    local_path: "/tmp/"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: take_screenshot

Return Values

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

Authors

• Diane Wang (@Tomorrow9) <dianew@vmware.com>