Create VM from VMDK in VMware using Ansible

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I could create VM in VMware from existing VMDK from Vsphere client. But I am not able to create it using Ansible. Can anyone suggest how to create VM from existing VMDK with Ansible?

Konstantin Suvorov · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-05 07:42:10Z

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From my experience, you can't do it out of the box with Ansible.

I edited vsphere_guest module to be able to accomplish this for my client.
Unfortunately I can't disclose this custom module's code.

You need to modify add_disk method: remove create file operation and set existing VMDK filename for disk backing.

answered May 5, 2017 at 7:42

Konstantin Suvorov

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