Hi Gerry, vmware_vm_info finds all VMS irrespective of the datacenter (because it was designed that way) but snapshot takes datacenter and folder into consideration so I think you are good to go.
Yes, I work at RH. On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:10 AM Gerry Maddock <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems to be working on all datacenters (which is what I wanted) even > though I only had one defined. Do you work @ Redhat? I was looking you up > on LinkedIn. > > On Monday, December 30, 2019 at 10:46:09 AM UTC-5, Abhijeet Kasurde wrote: >> >> Hi Gerry, >> >> You may want to try this - Replace variables as per your setup >> >> --- >> - hosts: localhost >> vars_files: >> - vcsim_vars.yml >> tasks: >> - name: Gather all VMs information >> vmware_vm_info: >> hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' >> username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' >> password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' >> validate_certs: no >> register: all_vm_info >> delegate_to: localhost >> >> - name: Get a list of all VMs >> set_fact: >> all_vm: "{{ all_vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}" >> vars: >> query: "[*].guest_name" >> - name: Delete all snapshot of all VMs >> vmware_guest_snapshot: >> hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' >> username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' >> password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' >> validate_certs: no >> datacenter: '{{ datacenter }}' >> name: '{{ item }}' >> folder: "/{{ datacenter }}/vm" >> state: remove_all >> with_items: "{{ all_vm }}" >> delegate_to: localhost >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 9:13 PM Gerry Maddock <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I've tried first running vmware_vm_info to get all vm's and debug from >>> that shows all vms allong with other info on the vm's. I would like to loop >>> the "guest_name" into the above snapshot removal using with_item, but not >>> having any luck so far. I may be going at this the wrong way. Any help is >>> appreciated, >>> >>> On Monday, December 30, 2019 at 8:53:01 AM UTC-5, Gerry Maddock wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello all, I have been using Ansible to manage snapshots for single >>>> specified vm's. Is there a way to have Ansible remove snapshots for all >>>> vm's in Vmware datacenter? If this is posssible, would you mind providing a >>>> play book example? >>>> >>>> Below is an example where I remove a snapshot from a single vm: >>>> >>>> - name: VM Remove Snapshot >>>> hosts: localhost >>>> gather_facts: false >>>> connection: local >>>> vars: >>>> vcenter_hostname: vspherefqdn >>>> vcenter_user: ansiblesusername >>>> vcenter_pass: changeme >>>> esxhost: 192,168.1.100 >>>> datastore: LUN01 >>>> name: "{{ vm_name }}" >>>> notes: Ansible Test >>>> dumpfacts: False >>>> tasks: >>>> - name: Remove all snapshots >>>> vmware_guest_snapshot: >>>> validate_certs: False >>>> hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" >>>> username: "{{ vcenter_user }}" >>>> password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}" >>>> datacenter: TST1 >>>> name: "{{ name }}" >>>> folder: '' >>>> state: remove_all >>>> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/64304818-f49e-4151-927e-5b854d47e167%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/64304818-f49e-4151-927e-5b854d47e167%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Abhijeet Kasurde >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/a4cd2304-aaf3-41b3-8fd5-05df796862b6%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/a4cd2304-aaf3-41b3-8fd5-05df796862b6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Thanks, Abhijeet Kasurde -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAFwWkHpGS5phsmUamPSXt9_Vw2H3Hu7Vv8szPADk9zabqo_u0Q%40mail.gmail.com.
