To anyone else that might encounter this problem, I found this thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/vm$20stuck|sort:date/ansible-project/H_0FhXkm2ns/-TvY5Fc1AgAJ
which mention this article : http://www.hurryupandwait.io/blog/getting-readytroubleshooting-unattended-windows-installation <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hurryupandwait.io%2Fblog%2Fgetting-readytroubleshooting-unattended-windows-installation&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEP8upQV2-qKEPup9pq6NWTPVaSqQ> It helped me to debug the problem and it's not related to ansible. Thanks. On Wednesday, 1 August 2018 16:17:51 UTC-4, Sylvain Martel wrote: > > Hi, > > We are experimenting with Ansible to deploy VM and, I am not sure what > is the problem, but when I try to deploy 2 VM at the same time, one will > fails 99% of the time, while the other will complete. > > The one that has the problem is actually stuck in the customization phase, > and then the playbook will fail as Ansible tries to continue with the > following plays, but of course those fails since the OS is stuck in la-la > land. The OS is Windows 2016. > > Strangely, I didn't have this problem 3 weeks ago, but in the meantime > we updated to Ansible 2.6.1. I downgraded to 2.5 but the problem stayed. > > Also, if I try to deploy one Vm, then the other, it works fine, so the > problem is really when they are deployed at the same time. > > The initial deployment from the Template works, but the customization, > where the VM is given it's true IP, DNS and joins the domain, is the place > where it fails. > > And now, the real kicker: If I try 3 vm at the same time, it goes through > without problem and all 3 completes succesfully...(!) > > I'm baffled. > > When it fails, in Vmware, there is always an alert on the problematic VM > about a VM MAC conflict. But when I look at it's MAC address, it's not a > duplicate. > > Any leads? > > Here is the playbook > > - hosts: all > gather_facts: false > > > vars_prompt: > - name: "notes" > prompt: "VM notes" > private: no > default: "Deployed with ansible" > > roles: > - deploy_vmware_guest > - activate_winrm > - config_lcm > > > Here is the main task. > > # get date > - set_fact: creationdate="{{lookup('pipe','date "+%Y/%m/%d %H:%M"')}}" > > - name: Create a VM from a template > delegate_to: localhost > vmware_guest: > hostname: '{{ vsphere_host }}' > username: <edited> > password: "{{ admin_pass }}" > validate_certs: no > esxi_hostname: <edited> > datacenter: SECURSANTE-TECNO > folder: testvm > name: '{{ inventory_hostname }}' > annotation: "{{ notes }} - {{ creationdate }} - {{ inventory_hostname > }}" > state: poweredon > template: TMPL-W2016-STD-18-02-07_L12018 > disk: > - size_gb: 80 > type: thin > datastore: '{{ datastore_1 }}' > - size_gb: 20 > type: thin > datastore: '{{ datastore_1 }}' > - size_gb: 4 > type: thin > datastore: '{{ datastore_1 }}' > - size_gb: 4 > type: thin > datastore: '{{ datastore_1 }}' > - size_gb: 4 > type: thin > datastore: '{{ datastore_1 }}' > - size_gb: 4 > type: thin > datastore: '{{ datastore_1 }}' > hardware: > memory_mb: 2048 > num_cpus: 2 > networks: > - name: DVSTECA-531-S4-TECNOA-EXP-ACC > ip: '{{ vm_ip }}' > netmask: 255.255.255.0 > gateway: 172.24.131.254 > dns_servers: > - 172.24.134.8 > - 172.24.134.9 > #mac: '{{ vm_mac }}' > customization: > dns_servers: > - 172.24.134.8 > - 172.24.134.9 > dns_suffix: "{{ domain_t_suffix }}" > domain: "{{ domain_t }}" > password: "{{ admin_pass }}" > joindomain: "{{ domain_t }}" > domainadmin: <edited> > domainadminpassword: "{{ admin_pass }}" > hostname: '{{ inventory_hostname }}' > wait_for_ip_address: yes > > > vars: > admin_pass: <vault pass> > > - name: sleep for 300 seconds and continue with play #to give enough time > to join the domain since Ansible doesn't wait for that > wait_for: timeout=300 > delegate_to: localhost > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/78909c2e-97fc-4a5c-b590-631b4b30e69e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
