# \#vmware **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/tag/vmware/68.md [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) --- ## [The Bullhorn #236](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-236/46493)
**Author:** [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-236/46493 "2026-10-19T08:53:11Z")
This week in Ansible Community Issue #236, 2026-10-16 (Past Issues) Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to ch… --- ## [Deprecating vmware.vmware\_rest.vcenter\_vm\_guest\_filesystem\_directories](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecating-vmware-vmware-rest-vcenter-vm-guest-filesystem-directories/46307)
**Author:** [@mikemorency](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mikemorency)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecating-vmware-vmware-rest-vcenter-vm-guest-filesystem-directories/46307 "2026-09-15T15:16:15Z")
Hi, I am a maintainer of vmware.vmware\_rest and considering deprecating vcenter\_vm\_guest\_filesystem\_directories. vmware.vmware\_rest.vcenter\_vm\_guest\_filesystem\_directories module – Creates a directory in the guest opera… --- ## [Find source of Deprecation warning](https://forum.ansible.com/t/find-source-of-deprecation-warning/46081)
**Author:** [@Gaetan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gaetan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/find-source-of-deprecation-warning/46081 "2026-09-01T08:29:15Z")
Hello, I am running ansible 2.21 on a Debian 13. Whenever I run Ansible, I get a deprecation warning. None of my playbooks use that deprecated function and the warning shows up no matter what arguments I give it (even n… --- ## [vCenter version (minimal or recommended) for community.vmware / vmware.vmware collections?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vcenter-version-minimal-or-recommended-for-community-vmware-vmware-vmware-collections/45927)
**Author:** [@ifloresv86](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ifloresv86)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vcenter-version-minimal-or-recommended-for-community-vmware-vmware-vmware-collections/45927 "2026-06-16T17:52:51Z")
Hello, my question is: Is there a minimum recommended version of vCenter listed anywhere in the documentation for the collections mentioned (any version)? Perhaps I’m not looking in the right place, or the information I’… --- ## [The Bullhorn #229](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-229/45842)
**Author:** [@oranod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oranod)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-229/45842 "2026-06-04T17:34:37Z")
This week in Ansible Community Issue #229, 2026-05-25 (Past Issues) Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to ch… --- ## [Adding and formatting additional disks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-and-formatting-additional-disks/45872)
**Author:** [@nbeernink](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nbeernink)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-and-formatting-additional-disks/45872 "2026-06-04T15:11:50Z")
Hi, I’d like to get some community input on this scenario; Using vmware.vmware.deploy\_content\_library\_ovf you can deploy an imagebuilder image. Adding an additional disk after the deployment is difficult using vmware.… --- ## [The Bullhorn #227](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-227/45785)
**Author:** [@dbrennand](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dbrennand)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-227/45785 "2026-05-08T15:09:12Z")
This week in Ansible Community Issue #227, 2026-05-08 (Past Issues) Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to ch… --- ## [Certification of community.mysql collection on Automation Hub](https://forum.ansible.com/t/certification-of-community-mysql-collection-on-automation-hub/45709)
**Author:** [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/certification-of-community-mysql-collection-on-automation-hub/45709 "2026-05-05T13:34:29Z")
Hello everyone, We are thinking of certifying community.mysql which will result in its availability on Automation Hub. What the certification will bring to the community: Some additional testing and manual checks tha… --- ## [The Future of Ansible Resource Management: Help Shape our New Standardized Taxonomy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-future-of-ansible-resource-management-help-shape-our-new-standardized-taxonomy/45595)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Fulmer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steve_Fulmer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-future-of-ansible-resource-management-help-shape-our-new-standardized-taxonomy/45595 "2026-04-14T17:37:10Z")
Hello everyone, for those I haven’t met yet, I’m Steve Fulmer, a Product Manager for Ansible here at Red Hat. I work closely with community leaders like Don Naro, Gundalow Barker, Anwesha Das, Daniel Brennand, and Andrei… --- ## [Community\_vmware.yml - filtering by createDate](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-vmware-yml-filtering-by-createdate/45618)
**Author:** [@hsngztk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hsngztk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-vmware-yml-filtering-by-createdate/45618 "2026-04-10T15:32:50Z")
Hi! I need to create an inventory which consists vms that created past week. config.createDate format is ansible\_date\_time.iso8601 Do you have any suggestion to do that? filters: - runtime.powerState == "poweredOn"… --- ## [Vmware.vmware and VCF9 SSO compatibility](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-vmware-and-vcf9-sso-compatibility/45011)
**Author:** [@MallocArray](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MallocArray)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-vmware-and-vcf9-sso-compatibility/45011 "2026-03-12T21:10:10Z")
Curious if the vmware.vmware collection is known to support VCF 9 and SSO login that uses LDAP behind the scenes. In my vSphere 8 environment we use domain\\username format for task usernames and it works fine with LDAPs… --- ## [VMWare : Manage vApp](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-manage-vapp/45513)
**Author:** [@Parnoud](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Parnoud)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-manage-vapp/45513 "2026-03-12T07:56:11Z")
Hello, In VMWare, managing VM in vApp is very usefull. We can add some feature like order boot / shutdown. I look in both community and vmware collection but nobody add feature for manage it : I was wondering if someo… --- ## ["No inventory was parsed" in AWX, but works with ansible-navigator](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-in-awx-but-works-with-ansible-navigator/42648)
**Author:** [@arvid-qd](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arvid-qd)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-in-awx-but-works-with-ansible-navigator/42648 "2026-02-23T13:05:58Z")
AWX: 24.6.1 Ansible: 2.18.5 I’m stuck trying to run my playbook in AWX. My issues is that the same project, playbook, inventory, EE works with ansible-navigator, but not in AWX. Tasks with delegate\_to: localhost work … --- ## [Vmware.vmware module getting network info about vm](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-vmware-module-getting-network-info-about-vm/45375)
**Author:** [@BerkantErbey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/BerkantErbey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-vmware-module-getting-network-info-about-vm/45375 "2026-02-22T11:16:59Z")
I want to disconnect vm’s nic. But i cant do it with modules in vmware.vmware collection. Because i dont know network parameter of that vm. How can i get that parameter , which module in vmware.vmware collection?. vmwar… --- ## [Ansible Golang Modules and sanity checks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-golang-modules-and-sanity-checks/45199)
**Author:** [@matbu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/matbu)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-golang-modules-and-sanity-checks/45199 "2026-01-30T16:27:26Z")
Hi folks, We are developing an Ansible collection in which our modules are written in Go. This brings several benefits that align directly with the goals of the collection (VMware and OpenStack bindings), but also bene… --- ## [Cant use installed inventory plugins - awx redirects to auto plugin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-use-installed-inventory-plugins-awx-redirects-to-auto-plugin/45125)
**Author:** [@hsngztk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hsngztk)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-use-installed-inventory-plugins-awx-redirects-to-auto-plugin/45125 "2026-01-19T11:46:51Z")
Hi! I’m trying to create dynamic inventories to manage ESX Hosts & VMs. I’ve created a custom execution environment to use the vmware.vmware collection plugins. Even though I declared the plugin in the source variables … --- ## [The Bullhorn #214](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-214/45077)
**Author:** [@samccann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/samccann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-214/45077 "2026-01-09T19:31:43Z")
This week in Ansible Community Issue #214, 2026-01-09 (Past Issues) Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to ch… --- ## [ Playbook using vmware\_vm\_info module fails when run from AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-using-vmware-vm-info-module-fails-when-run-from-awx/44932)
**Author:** [@Aichatou\_Iyabo\_OKEKO](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Aichatou_Iyabo_OKEKO)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-using-vmware-vm-info-module-fails-when-run-from-awx/44932 "2025-12-03T18:51:04Z")
I am encountering a problem with AWX when I try to use the community.vmware.vmware\_vm\_info module to retrieve the list of VMs from a vCenter. My code --- - name: Récupérer la liste des VM sur vCenter hosts: localhos… --- ## [Ansible builder failing on new host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-builder-failing-on-new-host/44937)
**Author:** [@Fracture7144](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fracture7144)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-builder-failing-on-new-host/44937 "2025-12-03T15:08:49Z")
After working on my dev environment I am starting to get things going in our prod. I need to build the EE from a jump host and deploy it to AAP. However I am running into issues. This is the error I am getting from th… --- ## [Community.vmware and current pyvmomi package](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-vmware-and-current-pyvmomi-package/44815)
**Author:** [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-vmware-and-current-pyvmomi-package/44815 "2025-11-07T18:20:55Z")
I’m pretty sure that community.vmware works with the latest pyvmomi package. I think since 5.7.1. Or with vcf-sdk since 6.0.0, respectively. But it looks like some people have problems there (see here, here and here). I… --- ## [The Bullhorn, #208](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-208/44811)
**Author:** [@anwesha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anwesha)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-208/44811 "2025-11-07T16:08:33Z")
This week in Ansible Community Issue #208, 2025-11-07 (Past Issues) Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to chat… --- ## [Controller schedule job help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/controller-schedule-job-help/44810)
**Author:** [@Fracture7144](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fracture7144)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/controller-schedule-job-help/44810 "2025-11-07T14:57:21Z")
I currently have a ansible role I am working on that does os\_patching for us. In that role I need tit to take snapshots and then create a scheduled job in AAP to remove those snapshots after 1 week. I’ve got most of th… --- ## [Nic blank with Windows VM creation in specific environment](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nic-blank-with-windows-vm-creation-in-specific-environment/44641)
**Author:** [@Mike321](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike321)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nic-blank-with-windows-vm-creation-in-specific-environment/44641 "2025-10-20T13:13:07Z")
Hi folks, I’m new to the Ansible community so pardon any beginner questions or lack there of :). I have a dev VMware environment 8u3, where I’m able to create a VM, set a nic, IP, join the domain etc, no issues. This s… --- ## [Vmware\_ops Collection](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-ops-collection/44694)
**Author:** [@StefanSchnell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/StefanSchnell)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-ops-collection/44694 "2025-10-17T05:38:13Z")
Hello all, :waving\_hand: in the last few days I watched two Expert Extras by Roger Lopez \[@Lopez\] on Red Hat Learning Subscription, one of them was Automate VMware VM Provisioning in Minutes with Ansible. I saw how a co… --- ## [Configuring Global Permissions](https://forum.ansible.com/t/configuring-global-permissions/10645)
**Author:** [@sigbjornl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sigbjornl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/configuring-global-permissions/10645 "2025-10-13T16:46:07Z")
We’re looking for a way to configure Global Permissions in vCenter. I found the community.vmware.vmware\_object\_role\_permission module, however it does not seem to be able to configure Global Permissions. Does a module f… --- ## [Create VCDOrg in Vmware Cloud Director with openapi](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-vcdorg-in-vmware-cloud-director-with-openapi/44644)
**Author:** [@jefersondiaz87](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jefersondiaz87)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-vcdorg-in-vmware-cloud-director-with-openapi/44644 "2025-10-09T20:51:11Z")
I’m trying to create an OrgVCD using the VMware Cloud Director OpenAPI version 39.1, but there’s no specific service for creating it. Is there an alternative with Ansible or custom that doesn’t require the previous API o… --- ## [Automate infrastructure through Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/automate-infrastructure-through-ansible/44638)
**Author:** [@SivaJacky](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SivaJacky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/automate-infrastructure-through-ansible/44638 "2025-10-08T13:35:53Z")
in my project we planned to automate server build through ansible , i need to build an servers on VMware through ansible automation, if any one know how to build rhel 8/9 servers through ansible. Please share the playboo… --- ## [Including collections from automation hub in ansible-navigator environment](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-collections-from-automation-hub-in-ansible-navigator-environment/44605)
**Author:** [@francis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/francis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-collections-from-automation-hub-in-ansible-navigator-environment/44605 "2025-10-02T22:50:12Z")
We use Ansible Automation Platform in Azure. In AAP, I’m using Execution Environment ee-supported-rhel8, plus additional collections defined in my project:/collections/requirements.yaml file (community.general, communit… --- ## [ansible\_devices setup does not return serial number for Disks on RHEL 10](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-devices-setup-does-not-return-serial-number-for-disks-on-rhel-10/44591)
**Author:** [@pcm\_nathan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pcm_nathan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-devices-setup-does-not-return-serial-number-for-disks-on-rhel-10/44591 "2025-10-01T04:52:48Z")
I am testing out RHEL 10 and am running into an issue related to disk setup due to ansible not returning serial numbers for disks. Reviewing the builtin ansible\_devices module on RHEL 8, or RHEL 9 each disk will return … --- ## [Parsing vCenter Folders into Ansible groups in dynamic inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parsing-vcenter-folders-into-ansible-groups-in-dynamic-inventory/44529)
**Author:** [@SadDev](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SadDev)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parsing-vcenter-folders-into-ansible-groups-in-dynamic-inventory/44529 "2025-09-24T01:38:29Z")
Is there a way to do this? I feel like there must be. I’ve tried scouring the internet and couldn’t actually find much about this. My EE is python 3.12, Ansible 10, jina 3.1.5, ansible-inventory core 2.17.8 Is there any… [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/vmware/68.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=vmware)