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vmware_guest_boot_manager - Manage boot options for the given virtual machine

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to manage boot options for the given virtual machine.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
boot_delay Default:
0
Delay in milliseconds before starting the boot sequence.
boot_firmware
    Choices:
  • bios
  • efi
Choose which firmware should be used to boot the virtual machine.
boot_order Default:
[]
List of the boot devices.
boot_retry_delay Default:
0
Specify the time in milliseconds between virtual machine boot failure and subsequent attempt to boot again.
If set, will automatically set boot_retry_enabled to True as this parameter is required.
boot_retry_enabled
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to True, the virtual machine that fails to boot, will try to boot again after boot_retry_delay is expired.
If set to False, the virtual machine waits indefinitely for user intervention.
enter_bios_setup
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to True, the virtual machine automatically enters BIOS setup the next time it boots.
The virtual machine resets this flag, so that the machine boots proceeds normally.
hostname
str
The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in version 2.6.
name
Name of the VM to work with.
This is required if uuid parameter is not supplied.
name_match
    Choices:
  • first ←
  • last
If multiple virtual machines matching the name, use the first or last found.
password
str
The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in version 2.6.

aliases: pass, pwd
port
int

(added in 2.5)
 Default:
443
The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in version 2.6.
username
str
The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in version 2.6.

aliases: admin, user
uuid
UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware's BIOS UUID.
This is required if name parameter is not supplied.
validate_certs
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in version 2.6.
If set to yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.5

Examples

- name: Change virtual machine's boot order and related parameters
  vmware_guest_boot_manager:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: testvm
    boot_delay: 2000
    enter_bios_setup: True
    boot_retry_enabled: True
    boot_retry_delay: 22300
    boot_firmware: bios
    boot_order:
      - floppy
      - cdrom
      - ethernet
      - disk
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vm_boot_order

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
vm_boot_status
dict
 always
metadata about boot order of virtual machine

Sample:
{'previous_boot_retry_enabled': True, 'current_boot_retry_enabled': True, 'current_boot_delay': 2000, 'previous_boot_delay': 10, 'current_enter_bios_setup': True, 'previous_enter_bios_setup': False, 'previous_boot_retry_delay': 10000, 'previous_boot_order': ['ethernet', 'cdrom', 'floppy', 'disk'], 'current_boot_order': ['floppy', 'disk', 'ethernet', 'cdrom'], 'previous_boot_firmware': 'bios', 'current_boot_retry_delay': 22300, 'current_boot_firmware': 'bios'}


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/vmware_guest_boot_manager_module.html