vmware_vm_inventory filter

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I have the vmware_vm_inventory plugin working. My issue is that it returns everything, including powered-off vms. I can filter them out when I run my playbooks, but I’d prefer they not be in my inventory in the first place. Is there an easy way to accomplish this?

2

Could you please share your inventory plugin config? What you want to achieve with small example?

3

here is my config

plugin: vmware_vm_inventory
strict: False
hostname: {{ vcenter_host }}.{{ domain_name }}
username: {{ vcenter_user }}
password: {{ vcenter_password }}
validate_certs: False
with_tags: True
ansible_python_interpreter: /tmp/vminv_virtualenv/bin/python

I run
python $(which ansible-inventory) --list -i ./{{ vcenter_host }}.{{ inventory_yaml }} --vault-password-file={{ password_file }} -y > …/{{ inventory_directory }}/hosts.{{ vcenter_host }}.ymlansible-inventory -i <config.yml> -y

here is what I get:

all:
children:
Application: {}
CFG: {}
DEMO: {}
DEV:
hosts:
*********:
ansible_host: *********
config.cpuHotAddEnabled: false
config.cpuHotRemoveEnabled: false
config.hardware.numCPU: 4
config.instanceUuid: 5026aa79-6b5e-8310-46be-850498deb8a4
config.name: *********
config.template: false
guest.guestId: windows8Server64Guest
guest.guestState: running
guest.hostName: *********
guest.ipAddress: *********
name: *********
runtime.maxMemoryUsage: 16384
*********:
ansible_host: *********
config.cpuHotAddEnabled: false
config.cpuHotRemoveEnabled: false
config.hardware.numCPU: 4
config.instanceUuid: 50265e22-8599-48cf-c6ed-3f060416f733
config.name: *********
config.template: false
guest.guestId: windows8Server64Guest
guest.guestState: running
guest.hostName: *********
guest.ipAddress: *********
name: *********
runtime.maxMemoryUsage: 16384

…

poweredOff:
hosts:
20100608p_ws2k8ex64sp2:
config.cpuHotAddEnabled: false
config.cpuHotRemoveEnabled: false
config.hardware.numCPU: 1
config.instanceUuid: 5014d83b-9acb-1c2a-b830-1e78080ce71c
config.name: 20100608p_WS2K8Ex64SP2
config.template: false
guest.guestId: null
guest.guestState: notRunning
guest.hostName: null
guest.ipAddress: null
name: 20100608p_WS2K8Ex64SP2
runtime.maxMemoryUsage: null
20150928-w2k12r2:
config.cpuHotAddEnabled: true
config.cpuHotRemoveEnabled: false
config.hardware.numCPU: 2
config.instanceUuid: 5288e531-2433-c90a-f922-d5b956ebb018
config.name: 20150928-w2k12r2
config.template: false
guest.guestId: null
guest.guestState: notRunning
guest.hostName: WIN-PJKUVJ4HV62
guest.ipAddress: null
name: 20150928-w2k12r2
runtime.maxMemoryUsage: null