community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot_info – Gather info about virtual machine’s snapshots in vCenter

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

Synopsis

• This module can be used to gather information about virtual machine’s snapshots.
• This module was called vmware_guest_snapshot_facts before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Gather snapshot information about the virtual machine in the given vCenter
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    folder: "/{{ datacenter_name }}/vm/"
    name: "{{ guest_name }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: snapshot_info

- name: Gather snapshot information about the virtual machine using MoID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    moid: vm-42
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: snapshot_info

Return Values

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

Authors

• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)