# vmware\_guest does not add cd-rom for a VM

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-does-not-add-cd-rom-for-a-vm/36619>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** rhel\
**Created:** [May 12, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-does-not-add-cd-rom-for-a-vm/36619 "2022-05-12T15:19:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Anil\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Anil\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anil_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-does-not-add-cd-rom-for-a-vm/36619/1 "2022-05-12T15:19:55Z")

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here is my code

- hosts: localhost  
connection: localhost  
vars:  
vcenter\_hostname: myVcenter  
vcenter\_username: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
vcenter\_password: ‘\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*’  
tasks:
- name: Create a virtual machine from a template  
vmware\_guest:  
hostname: “{{ vcenter\_hostname }}”  
username: “{{ vcenter\_username }}”  
password: “{{ vcenter\_password }}”  
validate\_certs: no  
folder: /RHEL  
name: mtest  
state: poweredon  
#template: template\_el7  
cdrom:
- controller\_number: 0  
controller\_type: sata  
unit\_number: 0  
type: client  
state: present  
delegate\_to: localhost

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**Author:** ![Anil\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Anil\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anil_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-does-not-add-cd-rom-for-a-vm/36619/2 "2022-05-12T17:13:35Z")

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Is this bug?

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**Author:** ![dnmvisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-does-not-add-cd-rom-for-a-vm/36619/3 "2022-05-12T20:28:06Z")

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> Is this bug?

Yes, but probably one in your own configuration:

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**Author:** ![Anil\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Anil\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anil_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-does-not-add-cd-rom-for-a-vm/36619/4 "2022-05-13T21:44:55Z")

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Thanks Much, correct, pin pointed the issue. (y)