Are you sure the `uuid` provided is correct uuid (hw_product_uuid in vmware
guest facts) ?
I am able to rename existing VM using -
```
tasks:
- name: Gather facts about datastore
vmware_vm_facts:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
validate_certs: no
folder: "{{ folder }}"
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_facts
- set_fact:
vm_uuid: "{{ item.uuid }}"
with_items:
- "{{ vm_facts.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name=='test_00']"
- vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
validate_certs: no
folder: "{{ folder }}"
uuid: "{{ vm_uuid }}"
name: "test_01"
state: present
```
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 4:58 PM MKPhil <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> According to
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/vmware_guest_module.html
> <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/vmware_guest_module.html#vmware-guest-module>
> I
> can rename a VM with Ansible by using:
>
> - name: Rename a virtual machine (requires the virtual machine's uuid)
>> vmware_guest:
>> hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
>> username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
>> password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
>> validate_certs: no
>> uuid: "{{ vm_uuid }}"
>> name: new_name
>> state: present
>> delegate_to: localhost
>
>
> However, when I try this (Ansible 2.8.2) it complains about a missing
> folder and datacenter parameter. If those are supplied, the error then says
>
> Unable to find the datastore with given parameters. This could mean,
> new_name is a non-existent virtual machine and module tried to deploy it as
> new virtual machine with no disk. Please specify disks parameter or specify
> template to clone from.
>
> Any thoughts? Is the documentation wrong?
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