Thanks Kai for your quick response !
Here is my output , problem is it does not extract the VMID but outputs the
whole string. I intend to just get the VMID.
TASK [ESX_VM_SnapRestore : debug] ******************************
************************************************************
******************************************************
ok: [10.114.22.61] => {
"changed": false,
"ouputvmid": {
"changed": true,
"cmd": [
"vim-cmd",
"vmsvc/getallvms",
"|",
"grep",
"myvgpu_clone2",
"|",
"'cut -d ' ' -f 1'"
],
"delta": "0:00:00.455803",
"end": "2017-07-26 07:10:17.235366",
"rc": 0,
"start": "2017-07-26 07:10:16.779563",
"stderr": "",
"stderr_lines": [],
"stdout": "Vmid Name
File Guest OS Version Annotation\n51
myvgpu_clone2 [EVC_Store1] myvgpu_clone2/myvgpu_clone2.vmx
windows8_64Guest vmx-11 ",
"stdout_lines": [
"Vmid Name
File Guest OS Version Annotation",
*"51* myvgpu_clone2 [EVC_Store1]
myvgpu_clone2/myvgpu_clone2.vmx windows8_64Guest vmx-11 "
]
}
}
Though when i run it on ESX command line . it outputs the VMID as below.
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep 'myvgpu_clone2'| cut -d ' ' -f 1 51
On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 7:13 AM, Kai Stian Olstad <
ansible-project+l...@olstad.com> wrote:
> On 26. juli 2017 09:29, Vijay Misra wrote:
>
>> I need to get the VMID field from the column data as below.
>>
>> [[root@prmh-mag-31:~] vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
>> Vmid Name File
>> Guest OS Version Annotation
>> 51 myvgpu_clone2 [EVC_Store1] myvgpu_clone2/myvgpu_clone2.vmx
>> windows8_64Guest vmx-11
>>
>> so as above is the command result , i need to get the VMID corresponding
>> to vm name myvgpu_clone2. For that i have used ansible command module and
>> grepping the first output of vm list for vmname so i get the one row . now
>> i have to get the VMID field from the single row.
>>
>> I have used following code but it does not give the desired output. any
>> help is aprreciated.
>>
>
> What output do you get and what's wrong with it?
>
>
> name: Get the VM id of the powered ON VM
>> command: vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep '{{guest_name}}' | "'cut
>> -d
>> ' ' -f 1'"
>> register: ouputvmid
>> ignore_errors: true
>>
>
> Not all esx have python so you might need to use the raw module.
>
> You need to remove the single and double quotes around cut like so.
>
> - name: Get the VM id of the powered ON VM
> command: vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep '{{guest_name}}' | cut -d' '
> -f1
> register: ouputvmid
>
>
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