Hi It would be nice to have different names for templates but I don't have control of the templates just working on the automation of different tasks within our infrastructure.
On Wed 29 Apr 2020, 19:02 Dick Visser, <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe I'm stating the obvious but you should make sure there are no > duplicate templates. > Or, as the docs you quoted say, use the UUID to identify it. > > On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 18:58, David Foley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi All, >> >> Trying to Deploy a Virtual Machine on a Cluster within a DataCenter which >> appears that a Template with the Same name is on a different Cluster within >> the Same Datacenter: >> >> Looking at the Following from the Doc: >> can someone help me with the absolute path ? >> >> I tried the following >> >> template: "Corp\San Diego\QR\.Golden Tempates\WS2016-DSC-0819" which >> didn't appear to Work. >> >> *template* >> <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/vmware_guest_module.html#parameter-template> >> - >> Template or existing virtual machine used to create new virtual machine. >> If this value is not set, virtual machine is created without using a >> template. >> If the virtual machine already exists, this parameter will be ignored. >> This parameter is case sensitive. >> You can also specify template or VM UUID for identifying source. >> version_added 2.8. Use hw_product_uuid from vmware_guest_facts as UUID >> value. >> From version 2.8 onwards, absolute path to virtual machine or template >> can be used. >> >> >> TASK [Virtual Machine customization] >> ******************************************* >> fatal: [localhost -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": >> "Multiple virtual machines or templates with same name [WS2016-DSC-0819] >> found."} >> >> -- >> 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/32ad5fa6-bc48-451b-90b6-9718671225d9%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/32ad5fa6-bc48-451b-90b6-9718671225d9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from a mobile device - please excuse the brevity, spelling and > punctuation. > > -- > 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/CAL8fbwO12bcZbWAy5CvnNF%3DfgyKLZRgZ4UQeHFQtwBYSvjgb1A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAL8fbwO12bcZbWAy5CvnNF%3DfgyKLZRgZ4UQeHFQtwBYSvjgb1A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJUZ6v7ZkfRSTO9kR-gZvyRDyZuNcnyKu38%2BeFxhUofkPTeUyw%40mail.gmail.com.
