# ansible updating vmware tools on windows vms

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-updating-vmware-tools-on-windows-vms/32662>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows, vmware\
**Created:** [April 12, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-updating-vmware-tools-on-windows-vms/32662 "2020-04-12T17:16:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-updating-vmware-tools-on-windows-vms/32662/1 "2020-04-12T17:16:23Z")

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does anyone have a playbook or how do i get started with a playbook updating vmwasr tools on windows guests?

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**Author:** ![David\_Foley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@David\_Foley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Foley)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-updating-vmware-tools-on-windows-vms/32662/2 "2020-04-12T17:36:26Z")

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Trythe following code,  
I am because the tools moulde is looking for a UUID of the Machine I'm first doing a Gather\_facts on that machine inorder to get the UUID then importing that as a variable in the next task

:---  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- name: Running VMTools Playbook  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hosts: localhost  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;gather\_facts: false  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;connection: local  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tasks:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- name: Get Virtual Machine info  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;vmware\_guest\_info:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;validate\_certs: no  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hostname: "{{ vcenter\_hostname }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;username: "{{ user }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;password: "{{ pass }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;validate\_certs: no  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;datacenter: "{{ datacenter\_name }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;name: "{{ VM\_Name }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;schema: "vsphere"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;properties:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;delegate\_to: localhost  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;register: vminfo

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- name: Updating VM Tools  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;vmware\_guest\_tools\_upgrade:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;validate\_certs: no  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hostname: "{{ vcenter\_hostname }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;username: "{{ user }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;password: "{{ pass }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;datacenter: "{{ datacenter\_name }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;uuid: "{{ vminfo.instance.config.uuid }}"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;delegate\_to: localhost

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-updating-vmware-tools-on-windows-vms/32662/3 "2020-04-12T22:20:26Z")

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I created a yml file like this. I just need to test it on one vm.