This is the error message:
TASK [vsphere_guest] ***********************************************************
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: pysphere.resources.vi_exception.VIException: [Object Not Found]: Could not find a VM named 'templatename'
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n File \"/var/folders/5_/zznkc3cs38v1wscsgmsdcc1w0000gn/T/ansible_Z0ldZx/ansible_module_vsphere_guest.py\", line 1879, in \n main()\n File \"/var/folders/5_/zznkc3cs38v1wscsgmsdcc1w0000gn/T/ansible_Z0ldZx/ansible_module_vsphere_guest.py\", line 1836, in main\n vm_extra_config=vm_extra_config\n File \"/var/folders/5_/zznkc3cs38v1wscsgmsdcc1w0000gn/T/ansible_Z0ldZx/ansible_module_vsphere_guest.py\", line 655, in deploy_template\n vmTemplate = vsphere_client.get_vm_by_name(template_src)\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pysphere/vi_server.py\", line 323, in get_vm_by_name\n FaultTypes.OBJECT_NOT_FOUND)\npysphere.resources.vi_exception.VIException: [Object Not Found]: Could not find a VM named 'templatename'\n", "module_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE", "parsed": false}
This is the Ansible code:
---
- hosts: all
tasks:
- vsphere_guest:
validate_certs: no
guest: newbuildvm001
#state: powered_on
from_template: yes
template_src: templatename
vm_extra_config:
vcpu.hotadd: yes
mem.hotadd: yes
notes: This is a test VM
folder: Test
vm_disk:
disk1:
size_gb: 10
type: thin
datastore: test
folder: test-ansible
vm_nic:
nic1:
type: vmxnet3
network: teset
network_type: standard
vm_hardware:
memory_mb: 2048
num_cpus: 2
osid: centos64Guest
scsi: paravirtual
esxi:
datacenter: DC
I was expecting ansible to create a virtual machine based on the template called templatename.
Instead it seems to look for a virtual machine called templatename to clone?
