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Yaqub Omofoyewa answered on July 11, 2022 Popularity 2/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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- name: Gather all registered virtual machines
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vminfo

- debug:
    var: vminfo.virtual_machines

- name: Gather one specific VM
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    vm_name: 'vm_name_as_per_vcenter'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vm_info

- debug:
    var: vminfo.virtual_machines

- name: Gather only registered virtual machine templates
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    vm_type: template
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: template_info

- debug:
    var: template_info.virtual_machines

- name: Gather only registered virtual machines
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    vm_type: vm
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vm_info

- debug:
    var: vm_info.virtual_machines

- name: Get UUID from given VM Name
  block:
    - name: Get virtual machine info
      community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
        username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
        password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
        folder: "/datacenter/vm/folder"
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: vm_info

    - debug:
        msg: "{{ item.uuid }}"
      with_items:
        - "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | community.general.json_query(query) }}"
      vars:
        query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"

- name: Get Tags from given VM Name
  block:
    - name: Get virtual machine info
      community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
        username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
        password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
        folder: "/datacenter/vm/folder"
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: vm_info

    - debug:
        msg: "{{ item.tags }}"
      with_items:
        - "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | community.general.json_query(query) }}"
      vars:
        query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"

- name: Gather all VMs from a specific folder
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    folder: "/Asia-Datacenter1/vm/prod"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vm_info

- name: Get datastore_url from given VM name
  block:
    - name: Get virtual machine info
      community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
        username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
        password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: vm_info

    - debug:
        msg: "{{ item.datastore_url }}"
      with_items:
        - "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | community.general.json_query(query) }}"
      vars:
        query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"

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