# remote module (vmware\_guest\_find) does not support check mode

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/remote-module-vmware-guest-find-does-not-support-check-mode/30522>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 10, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remote-module-vmware-guest-find-does-not-support-check-mode/30522 "2019-06-10T15:29:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kishore\_Hejmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5fc32e/32.png) [@Kishore\_Hejmady](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kishore_Hejmady)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remote-module-vmware-guest-find-does-not-support-check-mode/30522/1 "2019-06-10T15:29:40Z")

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I am trying to connect to vshpere and get the below message

#- name: "Find more info on {{vcenter\_info[vsphere-env].vcenter\_hostname}} {{vsphere\_login}} VM - {{ vm\_name }} {{vsphere\_passwd}} "

- name: "Find more info on {{ vsphere\_env }} {{vsphere\_login}} {{ vm\_name }} "  
vmware\_guest\_find:  
hostname: “{{vcenter\_info[vsphere\_env].vcenter\_hostname}}”  
username: “{{vsphere\_login}}”  
password: “{{vsphere\_passwd}}”  
validate\_certs: False  
name: “{{ vm\_name }}”  
delegate\_to: localhost  
register: vm\_folder

- debug:  
var: vm\_folder

Message :

skipping: [localhost] =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “remote module (vmware\_guest\_find) does not support check mode”}

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**Author:** ![Martin\_Krizek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Martin\_Krizek](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Martin_Krizek)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remote-module-vmware-guest-find-does-not-support-check-mode/30522/2 "2019-06-11T06:56:19Z")

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Hello,

how are you running 'ansible-playbook' command? If you are passing  
"-C" or "--check" then the message is expected; you might want to  
create a feature request for vmware\_guest\_find to support check\_mode.  
Otherwise it might be a bug.

Thanks,  
Martin