# New VMWare Modules in v2.2

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-vmware-modules-in-v2-2/22956>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [November 3, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-vmware-modules-in-v2-2/22956 "2016-11-03T20:31:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Silva1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Dylan\_Silva1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dylan_Silva1)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-vmware-modules-in-v2-2/22956/1 "2016-11-03T20:31:58Z")

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Hello all!

In version 2.2, we released three new VMWare modules and we’d like some feedback.

- vmware\_guest
- vmware\_local\_user\_manager
- vmware\_vmotion

And just to mention, there are 18 other VMWare modules that could use some feedback love.

[All of these modules](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/list_of_cloud_modules.html#vmware) are leveraging PyVmomi as the mechanism to communicate with a VMWare environment. Be sure to have it installed!

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Silva1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Dylan\_Silva1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dylan_Silva1)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-vmware-modules-in-v2-2/22956/2 "2017-03-01T16:00:48Z")

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Hey all!

These modules have been out for some time now. So bumping this thread to get some feedback!

~@thaumos

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**Author:** ![Yosemite\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b77776/32.png) [@Yosemite\_Sam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yosemite_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-vmware-modules-in-v2-2/22956/3 "2017-03-01T19:40:08Z")

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Hello,

I've been using vmware\_guest and vmware\_vmotion successfully PyVmomi  
is a nice addition to Ansible.

My wish list includes storage vmotion and snapshot modules. Right now  
I'm working around their absence with Powershell and PowerCLI for  
Linux.

Jack

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**Author:** ![KSS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@KSS](https://forum.ansible.com/u/KSS)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-vmware-modules-in-v2-2/22956/4 "2017-03-02T16:15:35Z")

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Personally, I’ve been using the vcenter module (link below) for over 2 years. I started using it simply because it always used PyVmomi and already had the functionality to create/delete vm snapshots.

[https://github.com/whereismyjetpack/ansible\_vcenter\_module](https://github.com/whereismyjetpack/ansible_vcenter_module)

It would be great if snapshot capability was built into the vmware\_guest module or an additional vm\_snapshot module was available.