Converting a template to a VM will remove the template from vcenter inventory. It’s pretty much the same but cloning the template will keep the original template in vcenter which means having to then manage the old templates if that makes sense? 1 Continue this thread level 1 aaron416 · …
My ansible update master playbook looks like this: Deploy VM from template using role-1 (the same playbook I'd use to deploy any VM) Wait until VM is responsive and then run role-2 which updates the VM and powers it down Remove old template from vcenter and then convert the new VM to template using role-3 (is_template used here)
Multiple templates with the same name will cause module failures. In order to utilize Guest Customization, VMWare Tools must be installed on the template. For ...
27.04.2020 · Have an automated process that converts VM templates to machines, updates VM Tools if required and applies all security, critical updates to template images. The process should monitor the update requirements, reboot the machines if necessary, convert them back to templates as soon as the process is complete and report on the actions performed.
Have an automated process that converts VM templates to machines, updates VM Tools if required and applies all security, critical updates to template images. The process should monitor the update requirements, reboot the machines if necessary, convert them back to templates as soon as the process is complete and report on the actions performed.
13.07.2020 · is_template flag doesnt convert template into a virtual machine with previous versions of ansible, now it either complains dis and memory isnt set (and when set it clones the template and powers that up instead of converting template). ISSUE TYPE. Bug Report; COMPONENT NAME. vmware_guest. ANSIBLE VERSION
Now you need to supply the information about the virtual machine which will be created. Give your virtual machine a name, one that conforms to all VMware requirements for naming conventions. Next, select the display name of the template from which you want to clone new virtual machine. This must match what’s displayed in VMware Web UI exactly.
Specify convert disk type while cloning template or virtual machine. customization ... For additional information please visit Ansible VMware community wiki ...
18.10.2011 · You can convert a template to a VM quite easily, thanks to the Set-Template cmdlet: Set-Template -Template myTemplate -ToVM. Add a -RunAsync switch if you want the line to return immediately (and return a task instead of a VirtualMachine object). Enjoy. 0 Kudos.
01.12.2020 · This guide will show you how to utilize Ansible to clone a virtual machine from already existing VMware template. ... VMWare Tools must be installed on the template. For Linux, the open-vm-tools package is recommended, ... Since Ansible utilizes the VMware API to perform actions, ...
18.05.2018 · Ansible Server: Ubuntu 16.04.2 Template : Ubuntu 16.04.3. SUMMARY. I am trying to convert a VMware template into a VM (not clone). This is a feature available in VMware vshpere as shown in the screenshot below - 2nd option. STEPS TO REPRODUCE