Aha. The uuid will be unique for sure though On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 20:08, David Foley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAJUZ6v7ZkfRSTO9kR-gZvyRDyZuNcnyKu38%2BeFxhUofkPTeUyw%40mail.gmail.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/CAL8fbwPxEoO9MmU_ibjWqSP6fgf45Gj-RAbjoUfFY5AEPGxB6w%40mail.gmail.com.
