Todd, that worked. I consider it a great Christmas present. Thanks! And,
have a great Christmas!
If anyone can help me solve the prompt issue, I'd appreciate that, too.
On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 10:48:43 AM UTC-5 Todd Lewis wrote:
> I'm not sure about your prompt question,
> but for the report, try this:
>
> content: |
> {% for host in ansible_play_hosts %}
> {% if hostvars[host].snapshot_info.guest_snapshots.snapshots is
> defined %}
> {{ host }}:
> {{ hostvars[host]['snapshot_info']|default("None", false) }}
>
> {% endif %}
> {% endfor -%}
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Todd
>
>
> On 12/22/23 8:43 AM, Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
>
> Season's greetings, all.
>
> I've created a playbook to generate a report of all VMware guests (vms)
> which have snapshots:
>
> ---
>
> - hosts: all
> gather_facts: false
>
> vars_prompt:
>
> - name: "vcenter_username"
> prompt: "Enter your Vcenter username"
> private: no
> - name: "vcenter_password"
> prompt: "Enter your VMware password"
> private: yes
> #- name: "vcenter_hostname"
> #prompt: "Enter your Vcenter Hostname\n1- vcenter1.mycompany.com\n2-
> vcenter2.mycompany.com\n"
> #private: no
> #- name: "vcenter_datacenter"
> #prompt: "Enter your Vcenter Datacenter\n1- First Datacenter\n2-
> Second Datacenter\n"
> #private: no
>
> vars:
> vcenter_hostname: vcenter1.mycompany.com
> vcenter_datacenter: First Datacenter
>
> tasks:
>
> - name: Gather snapshot information about the virtual machines in the
> given vCenter
> community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot_info:
> hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
> username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
> password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
> datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"
> folder: "/{{ vcenter_datacenter }}/vm"
> validate_certs: False
> name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
> register: snapshot_info
> delegate_to: localhost
>
> - name: Show snapshots
> ansible.builtin.debug:
> msg: "{{ snapshot_info }}"
>
> - local_action:
> module: copy
> content: |
> {% for host in ansible_play_hosts %}
> {{ host }}:
> {{ hostvars[host]['snapshot_info']|default("None", false) }}
>
> {% endfor -%}
> dest: "/home/user/snapshotsB.txt"
> run_once: yes
>
> This works, producing the following output:
>
> host-01:
> {'changed': False, 'guest_snapshots': {}, 'failed': False}
>
> host-02:
> {'changed': False, 'guest_snapshots': {'snapshots': [{'id': 1355, 'name':
> 'VM Snapshot 12%2f20%2f2023, 08:01:11 PM', 'description': 'Pre OS patching
> - DGY', 'creation_time': '2023-12-21T01:01:12.319638+00:00', 'state':
> 'poweredOff', 'quiesced': False}], 'current_snapshot': {'id': 1355, 'name':
> 'VM Snapshot 12%2f20%2f2023, 08:01:11 PM', 'description': 'Pre OS patching
> - DGY', 'creation_time': '2023-12-21T01:01:12.319638+00:00', 'state':
> 'poweredOff', 'quiesced': False}}, 'failed': False}
>
> host-01 has no snapshot, and I'd like only hosts that have snaps to be
> included in the report. How do I accomplish that?
>
> Additionally, there are two datacenters, one on each of two vCenter hosts.
> You'll notice that I tried to create prompts to select the datacenter and
> host (currently commented out). While the prompts appear, and I choose the
> right values from the presented pick lists, it doesn't work. the errors are
> that vms are non-existent. How can I make this work?
>
> Thanks so much.
>
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