community.vmware.vmware_guest_vgpu_info (4.2.0) — module

Gather information about vGPU profiles of the specified virtual machine in the given vCenter infrastructure

| "added in version" 3.3.0 of community.vmware"

Authors: Jared Priddy (@jdptechnc)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.vmware
      version: 4.2.0

Description

This module is used to gather metadata about vGPU profiles of the given virtual machine.

All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Gather information about vGPU profiles of a VM
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_vgpu_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    validate_certs: false
    name: UbuntuTest
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vgpu_info

Inputs

    
moid:
    description:
    - Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier
      only within a single vCenter instance.
    - This is required if O(name) or O(uuid) is not supplied.
    type: str

name:
    description:
    - Name of the virtual machine.
    - This is a required parameter, if parameter O(uuid) or O(moid) is not supplied.
    type: str

port:
    default: 443
    description:
    - The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_PORT)
      will be used instead.
    type: int

uuid:
    description:
    - UUID of the instance to gather facts if known, this is VMware's unique identifier.
    - This is a required parameter, if parameter O(name) or O(moid) is not supplied.
    type: str

folder:
    description:
    - Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest.
    - This is a required parameter, only if multiple VMs are found with same name.
    - The folder should include the datacenter. ESXi server's datacenter is ha-datacenter.
    - 'Examples:'
    - '   folder: /ha-datacenter/vm'
    - '   folder: ha-datacenter/vm'
    - '   folder: /datacenter1/vm'
    - '   folder: datacenter1/vm'
    - '   folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1'
    - '   folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1'
    - '   folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm'
    - '   folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm'
    - '   folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2'
    type: str

hostname:
    description:
    - 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 E(VMWARE_HOST)
      will be used instead.
    type: str

password:
    aliases:
    - pass
    - pwd
    description:
    - The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_PASSWORD)
      will be used instead.
    type: str

username:
    aliases:
    - admin
    - user
    description:
    - The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_USER)
      will be used instead.
    type: str

datacenter:
    default: ha-datacenter
    description:
    - The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to.
    - This parameter is case sensitive.
    type: str

proxy_host:
    description:
    - Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.
    - The format is a hostname or a IP.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_PROXY_HOST)
      will be used instead.
    required: false
    type: str

proxy_port:
    description:
    - Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_PROXY_PORT)
      will be used instead.
    required: false
    type: int

validate_certs:
    default: true
    description:
    - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to V(false) when certificates
      are not trusted.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS)
      will be used instead.
    type: bool

use_instance_uuid:
    default: false
    description:
    - Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.
    type: bool

Outputs

vgpu_info:
  description: metadata about the virtual machine's vGPU profiles
  returned: always
  sample:
    vgpu:
    - Controller_Key: 100
      Key: 13000
      Label: PCI device 0
      Summary: NVIDIA GRID vGPU grid_m10-8q
      Unit_Number: 18
      Vgpu: grid_m10-8q
  type: list