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

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

Synopsis

• Using VMware vCenter, move a virtual machine using vMotion to a different host, and/or its vmdks to another datastore using storage vMotion.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• pyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

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:

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

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