vmware_guest_tools_upgrade – Module to upgrade VMTools  New in version 2.8.   Synopsis Requirements Parameters Notes Examples Status  Synopsis  This module upgrades the VMWare Tools on Windows and Linux guests.  Requirements The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.  python >= 2.6 PyVmomi  Parameters   Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments    datacenter  - / required      Destination datacenter where the virtual machine exists.     folder  -      Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. This is required, if name is supplied. The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter Examples: folder: /ha-datacenter/vm folder: ha-datacenter/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm folder: datacenter1/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2 folder: vm/folder2     hostname  string      The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.     name  -      Name of the virtual machine to work with. This is required if UUID is not supplied.     name_match  -    
Choices: 
first ← last    If multiple virtual machines matching the name, use the first or last found.     password  string      The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. 
aliases: pass, pwd     port  integer  added in 2.5   Default:443   The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.     username  string      The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. 
aliases: admin, user     uuid  -      UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier. This is required if name is not supplied.     validate_certs  boolean    
Choices: no 
yes ←    Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.     Notes  Note  In order to upgrade VMTools, please power on virtual machine before hand - either ‘manually’ or using module vmware_guest_powerstate.   Examples - name: Upgrade VMWare Tools
  vmware_guest_tools_upgrade:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
  delegate_to: localhost
 Status  This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
 This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
  Authors  Mike Klebolt (@MikeKlebolt) <hayneskevin@example.net>   Hint If you notice any issues in this documentation you can edit this document to improve it. 

    © 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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