# problem use vmware\_guest network with awx

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-use-vmware-guest-network-with-awx/26728>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** rhel, awx\
**Created:** [February 14, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-use-vmware-guest-network-with-awx/26728 "2018-02-14T08:08:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![cava\_cavamagie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@cava\_cavamagie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cava_cavamagie)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-use-vmware-guest-network-with-awx/26728/1 "2018-02-14T08:08:03Z")

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i try to clone from template

networks:

- name: 82\_Server-demo  
device\_type: vmxnet3  
ip: “{{vmware\_machine\_ip}}”  
netmask: “{{vmware\_machine\_net.netmask}}”  
gateway: “{{vmware\_machine\_net.gateway}}”  
wait\_for\_ip\_address: yes

“networks”: [  
{  
“ip”: “ansibledeploy”,  
“netmask”: “xxx.xxx.xxx.0”,  
“name”: “82\_Server-demo”,  
“device\_type”: “vmxnet3”,  
“gateway”: “192.168.11.254”  
}

but the i see the network not connected and i receive a

Clone virtual machine  
Template RHEL 6.8-Ansible  
A specified  
parameter was not  
correct:

spec.deviceChange.device.port.switchUuid

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**Author:** ![cava\_cavamagie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@cava\_cavamagie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cava_cavamagie)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-use-vmware-guest-network-with-awx/26728/2 "2018-02-14T12:36:37Z")

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TASK [infra-provision-vm-role : vmware\_guest] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
fatal: [ansibledeploy01 → localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “msg”: “Failed to create a virtual machine : A specified parameter was not correct: spec.deviceChange.device.port.switchUuid”}

PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*