community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_upgrade – Module to upgrade VMTools

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples

Synopsis

• This module upgrades the VMware Tools on Windows and Linux guests and reboots them.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Get VM UUID
  vmware_guest_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "/{{datacenter}}/vm"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vm_facts

- name: Upgrade VMware Tools using uuid
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_upgrade:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    uuid: "{{ vm_facts.instance.hw_product_uuid }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Upgrade VMware Tools using MoID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_upgrade:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    moid: vm-42
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

• Mike Klebolt (@MikeKlebolt) <michael.klebolt@centurylink.com>