VMware: Documentation cleanup - vmware_guest (#35548)

Partially fixes: #35295

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
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@ -18,36 +18,38 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
module: vmware_guest
short_description: Manages virtual machines in vCenter
description:
- Create new virtual machines (from templates or not).
- Power on/power off/restart a virtual machine.
- Create new virtual machines from templates or other virtual machines.
- Manage power state of virtual machine such as power on, power off, suspend, shutdown, reboot, restart etc.,.
- Modify, rename or remove a virtual machine.
version_added: '2.2'
author:
- James Tanner (@jctanner) <tanner.jc@gmail.com>
- Loic Blot (@nerzhul) <loic.blot@unix-experience.fr>
- Philippe Dellaert (@pdellaert) <philippe@dellaert.org>
- Abhijeet Kasurde (@akasurde) <akasurde@redhat.com>
notes:
- Tested on vSphere 5.5 and 6.0
- Tested on vSphere 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5
requirements:
- python >= 2.6
- PyVmomi
options:
state:
description:
- What state should the virtual machine be in?
- Specify state of the virtual machine be in.
- If C(state) is set to C(present) and VM exists, ensure the VM configuration conforms to task arguments.
required: yes
choices: [ 'present', 'absent', 'poweredon', 'poweredoff', 'restarted', 'suspended', 'shutdownguest', 'rebootguest' ]
default: present
choices: [ present, absent, poweredon, poweredoff, restarted, suspended, shutdownguest, rebootguest ]
name:
description:
- Name of the VM to work with.
- VM names in vCenter are not necessarily unique, which may be problematic, see C(name_match).
- This parameter is case sensitive.
required: yes
name_match:
description:
- If multiple VMs matching the name, use the first or last found.
default: 'first'
choices: [ 'first', 'last' ]
choices: [ first, last ]
uuid:
description:
- UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier.
@ -58,16 +60,19 @@ options:
- Template or existing VM used to create VM.
- If this value is not set, VM is created without using a template.
- If the VM exists already this setting will be ignored.
- This parameter is case sensitive.
is_template:
description:
- Flag the instance as a template.
- This will mark VM instance as template.
default: 'no'
type: bool
version_added: '2.3'
folder:
description:
- Destination folder, absolute path to find an existing guest or create the new guest.
- The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter
- The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter.
- This parameter is case sensitive.
- 'Examples:'
- ' folder: /ha-datacenter/vm'
- ' folder: ha-datacenter/vm'
@ -80,7 +85,8 @@ options:
- ' folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2'
hardware:
description:
- Manage some VM hardware attributes.
- Manage virtual machine's hardware attributes.
- All parameters case sensitive.
- 'Valid attributes are:'
- ' - C(hotadd_cpu) (boolean): Allow virtual CPUs to be added while the VM is running.'
- ' - C(hotremove_cpu) (boolean): Allow virtual CPUs to be removed while the VM is running. version_added: 2.5'
@ -105,42 +111,55 @@ options:
guest_id:
description:
- Set the guest ID (Debian, RHEL, Windows...).
- Set the guest ID.
- This parameter is case sensitive.
- 'Examples:'
- " VM with RHEL7 64 bit, will be 'rhel7_64Guest'"
- " VM with CensOS 64 bit, will be 'centos64Guest'"
- " VM with Ubuntu 64 bit, will be 'ubuntu64Guest'"
- This field is required when creating a VM.
- >
Valid values are referenced here:
https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/converter-sdk/conv55_apireference/vim.vm.GuestOsDescriptor.GuestOsIdentifier.html
U(https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/converter-sdk/conv55_apireference/vim.vm.GuestOsDescriptor.GuestOsIdentifier.html)
version_added: '2.3'
disk:
description:
- A list of disks to add.
- This parameter is case sensitive.
- Resizing disks is not supported.
- Removing existing disks of virtual machine is not supported.
- 'Valid attributes are:'
- ' - C(size_[tb,gb,mb,kb]) (integer): Disk storage size in specified unit.'
- ' - C(type) (string): Valid values are:'
- ' C(thin) thin disk, C(eagerzeroedthick) eagerzeroedthick disk, added in version 2.5, Default: C(None) thick disk, no eagerzero.'
- ' - C(thin) thin disk'
- ' - C(eagerzeroedthick) eagerzeroedthick disk, added in version 2.5'
- ' Default: C(None) thick disk, no eagerzero.'
- ' - C(datastore) (string): Datastore to use for the disk. If C(autoselect_datastore) is enabled, filter datastore selection.'
- ' - C(autoselect_datastore) (bool): select the less used datastore.'
- ' - C(autoselect_datastore) (bool): select the less used datastore. Specify only if C(datastore) is not specified.'
cdrom:
description:
- A CD-ROM configuration for the VM.
- 'Valid attributes are:'
- ' - C(type) (string): The type of CD-ROM, valid options are C(none), C(client) or C(iso). With C(none) the CD-ROM will be disconnected but present.'
- ' - C(iso_path) (string): The datastore path to the ISO file to use, in the form of C([datastore1] path/to/file.iso). Required if type is iso.'
- ' - C(iso_path) (string): The datastore path to the ISO file to use, in the form of C([datastore1] path/to/file.iso). Required if type is set C(iso).'
version_added: '2.5'
resource_pool:
description:
- Affect machine to the given resource pool.
- This parameter is case sensitive.
- Resource pool should be child of the selected host parent.
version_added: '2.3'
wait_for_ip_address:
description:
- Wait until vCenter detects an IP address for the VM.
- This requires vmware-tools (vmtoolsd) to properly work after creation.
- "vmware-tools needs to be installed on given virtual machine in order to work with this parameter."
default: 'no'
type: bool
snapshot_src:
description:
- Name of an existing snapshot to use to create a clone of a VM.
- Name of the existing snapshot to use to create a clone of a VM.
- This parameter is case sensitive.
version_added: '2.4'
linked_clone:
description:
@ -151,31 +170,37 @@ options:
force:
description:
- Ignore warnings and complete the actions.
- This parameter is useful while removing virtual machine which is powered on state.
default: 'no'
type: bool
datacenter:
description:
- Destination datacenter for the deploy operation.
- This parameter is case sensitive.
default: ha-datacenter
cluster:
description:
- The cluster name where the VM will run.
- The cluster name where the virtual machine will run.
- This parameter is case sensitive.
version_added: '2.3'
esxi_hostname:
description:
- The ESXi hostname where the VM will run.
- The ESXi hostname where the virtual machine will run.
- This parameter is case sensitive.
annotation:
description:
- A note or annotation to include in the VM.
- A note or annotation to include in the virtual machine.
version_added: '2.3'
customvalues:
description:
- Define a list of customvalues to set on VM.
- A customvalue object takes 2 fields C(key) and C(value).
- Define a list of custom values to set on virtual machine.
- A custom value object takes two fields C(key) and C(value).
- Incorrect key and values will be ignored.
version_added: '2.3'
networks:
description:
- A list of networks (in the order of the NICs).
- All parameters and VMware object names are case sensetive.
- 'One of the below parameters is required per entry:'
- ' - C(name) (string): Name of the portgroup for this interface.'
- ' - C(vlan) (integer): VLAN number for this interface.'
@ -196,6 +221,7 @@ options:
customization:
description:
- Parameters for OS customization when cloning from template.
- All parameters and VMware object names are case sensetive.
- 'Common parameters (Linux/Windows):'
- ' - C(dns_servers) (list): List of DNS servers to configure.'
- ' - C(dns_suffix) (list): List of domain suffixes, aka DNS search path (default: C(domain) parameter).'
@ -337,7 +363,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
RETURN = r'''
instance:
description: metadata about the new virtualmachine
description: metadata about the new virtual machine
returned: always
type: dict
sample: None