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#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright: (c) 2020, Anusha Hegde <anushah@vmware.com>
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
__metaclass__ = type
ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
'status': ['preview'],
'supported_by': 'community'}
DOCUMENTATION = '''
module: vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone
short_description: Cross-vCenter VM/template clone
version_added: '2.10'
description:
- 'This module can be used for Cross-vCenter vm/template clone'
options:
name:
description:
- Name of the virtual machine or template.
- This is a required parameter, if parameter C(uuid) or C(moid) is not supplied.
type: str
uuid:
description:
- UUID of the vm/template instance to clone from, this is VMware's unique identifier.
- This is a required parameter, if parameter C(name) or C(moid) is not supplied.
type: str
moid:
description:
- Managed Object ID of the vm/template instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance.
- This is required if C(name) or C(uuid) is not supplied.
type: str
use_instance_uuid:
description:
- Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.
default: no
type: bool
destination_vm_name:
description:
- The name of the cloned VM.
type: str
required: True
destination_vcenter:
description:
- The hostname or IP address of the destination VCenter.
type: str
required: True
destination_vcenter_username:
description:
- The username of the destination VCenter.
type: str
required: True
destination_vcenter_password:
description:
- The password of the destination VCenter.
type: str
required: True
destination_vcenter_port:
description:
- The port to establish connection in the destination VCenter.
type: int
default: 443
destination_vcenter_validate_certs:
description:
- Parameter to indicate if certification validation needs to be done on destination VCenter.
type: bool
default: False
destination_host:
description:
- The name of the destination host.
type: str
required: True
destination_datastore:
description:
- The name of the destination datastore or the datastore cluster.
- If datastore cluster name is specified, we will find the Storage DRS recommended datastore in that cluster.
type: str
required: True
destination_vm_folder:
description:
- Destination folder, absolute path to deploy the cloned vm.
- This parameter is case sensitive.
- 'Examples:'
- ' folder: vm'
- ' folder: ha-datacenter/vm'
- ' folder: /datacenter1/vm'
type: str
required: True
destination_resource_pool:
description:
- Destination resource pool.
- If not provided, the destination host's parent's resource pool will be used.
type: str
state:
description:
- The state of Virtual Machine deployed.
- If set to C(present) and VM does not exists, then VM is created.
- If set to C(present) and VM exists, no action is taken.
- If set to C(poweredon) and VM does not exists, then VM is created with powered on state.
- If set to C(poweredon) and VM exists, no action is taken.
type: str
required: False
default: 'present'
choices: [ 'present', 'poweredon' ]
extends_documentation_fragment:
- vmware.documentation
author:
- Anusha Hegde (@anusha94)
'''
EXAMPLES = '''
# Clone template
- name: clone a template across VC
vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
validate_certs: no
name: "test_vm1"
destination_vm_name: "cloned_vm_from_template"
destination_vcenter: '{{ destination_vcenter_hostname }}'
destination_vcenter_username: '{{ destination_vcenter_username }}'
destination_vcenter_password: '{{ destination_vcenter_password }}'
destination_vcenter_port: '{{ destination_vcenter_port }}'
destination_vcenter_validate_certs: '{{ destination_vcenter_validate_certs }}'
destination_host: '{{ destination_esxi }}'
destination_datastore: '{{ destination_datastore }}'
destination_vm_folder: '{{ destination_vm_folder }}'
state: present
register: cross_vc_clone_from_template
- name: clone a VM across VC
vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: no
name: "test_vm1"
destination_vm_name: "cloned_vm_from_vm"
destination_vcenter: '{{ destination_vcenter_hostname }}'
destination_vcenter_username: '{{ destination_vcenter_username }}'
destination_vcenter_password: '{{ destination_vcenter_password }}'
destination_host: '{{ destination_esxi }}'
destination_datastore: '{{ destination_datastore }}'
destination_vm_folder: '{{ destination_vm_folder }}'
state: poweredon
register: cross_vc_clone_from_vm
- name: check_mode support
vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: no
name: "test_vm1"
destination_vm_name: "cloned_vm_from_vm"
destination_vcenter: '{{ destination_vcenter_hostname }}'
destination_vcenter_username: '{{ destination_vcenter_username }}'
destination_vcenter_password: '{{ destination_vcenter_password }}'
destination_host: '{{ destination_esxi }}'
destination_datastore: '{{ destination_datastore }}'
destination_vm_folder: '{{ destination_vm_folder }}'
check_mode: yes
'''
RETURN = r'''
vm_info:
description: metadata about the virtual machine
returned: always
type: dict
sample: {
"vm_name": "",
"vcenter": "",
"host": "",
"datastore": "",
"vm_folder": "",
"power_on": ""
}
'''
from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
from ansible.module_utils.vmware import (PyVmomi, find_hostsystem_by_name,
find_datastore_by_name,
find_folder_by_name, find_vm_by_name,
connect_to_api, vmware_argument_spec,
gather_vm_facts, find_obj, find_resource_pool_by_name,
wait_for_task, TaskError)
from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
try:
from pyVmomi import vim
except ImportError:
pass
class CrossVCCloneManager(PyVmomi):
def __init__(self, module):
super(CrossVCCloneManager, self).__init__(module)
self.config_spec = vim.vm.ConfigSpec()
self.clone_spec = vim.vm.CloneSpec()
self.relocate_spec = vim.vm.RelocateSpec()
self.service_locator = vim.ServiceLocator()
self.destination_vcenter = self.params['destination_vcenter']
self.destination_vcenter_username = self.params['destination_vcenter_username']
self.destination_vcenter_password = self.params['destination_vcenter_password']
self.destination_vcenter_port = self.params.get('port', 443)
self.destination_vcenter_validate_certs = self.params.get('destination_vcenter_validate_certs', None)
def get_new_vm_info(self, vm):
# to check if vm has been cloned in the destination vc
# query for the vm in destination vc
# get the host and datastore info
# get the power status of the newly cloned vm
info = {}
vm_obj = find_vm_by_name(content=self.destination_content, vm_name=vm)
if vm_obj is None:
self.module.fail_json(msg="Newly cloned VM is not found in the destination VCenter")
else:
vm_facts = gather_vm_facts(self.destination_content, vm_obj)
info['vm_name'] = vm
info['vcenter'] = self.destination_vcenter
info['host'] = vm_facts['hw_esxi_host']
info['datastore'] = vm_facts['hw_datastores']
info['vm_folder'] = vm_facts['hw_folder']
info['power_on'] = vm_facts['hw_power_status']
return info
def clone(self):
# clone the vm/template on destination VC
vm_folder = find_folder_by_name(content=self.destination_content, folder_name=self.params['destination_vm_folder'])
if not vm_folder:
self.module.fail_json(msg="Destination folder does not exist. Please refer to the documentation to correctly specify the folder.")
vm_name = self.params['destination_vm_name']
task = self.vm_obj.Clone(folder=vm_folder, name=vm_name, spec=self.clone_spec)
wait_for_task(task)
if task.info.state == 'error':
result = {'changed': False, 'failed': True, 'msg': task.info.error.msg}
else:
vm_info = self.get_new_vm_info(vm_name)
result = {'changed': True, 'failed': False, 'vm_info': vm_info}
return result
def sanitize_params(self):
'''
this method is used to verify user provided parameters
'''
self.vm_obj = self.get_vm()
if self.vm_obj is None:
vm_id = self.vm_uuid or self.vm_name or self.moid
self.module.fail_json(msg="Failed to find the VM/template with %s" % vm_id)
# connect to destination VC
self.destination_content = connect_to_api(
self.module,
hostname=self.destination_vcenter,
username=self.destination_vcenter_username,
password=self.destination_vcenter_password,
port=self.destination_vcenter_port,
validate_certs=self.destination_vcenter_validate_certs)
# Check if vm name already exists in the destination VC
vm = find_vm_by_name(content=self.destination_content, vm_name=self.params['destination_vm_name'])
if vm:
self.module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="A VM with the given name already exists")
datastore_name = self.params['destination_datastore']
datastore_cluster = find_obj(self.destination_content, [vim.StoragePod], datastore_name)
if datastore_cluster:
# If user specified datastore cluster so get recommended datastore
datastore_name = self.get_recommended_datastore(datastore_cluster_obj=datastore_cluster)
# Check if get_recommended_datastore or user specified datastore exists or not
self.destination_datastore = find_datastore_by_name(content=self.destination_content, datastore_name=datastore_name)
if self.destination_datastore is None:
self.module.fail_json(msg="Destination datastore not found.")
self.destination_host = find_hostsystem_by_name(content=self.destination_content, hostname=self.params['destination_host'])
if self.destination_host is None:
self.module.fail_json(msg="Destination host not found.")
if self.params['destination_resource_pool']:
self.destination_resource_pool = find_resource_pool_by_name(
content=self.destination_content,
resource_pool_name=self.params['destination_resource_pool'])
else:
self.destination_resource_pool = self.destination_host.parent.resourcePool
def populate_specs(self):
# populate service locator
self.service_locator.instanceUuid = self.destination_content.about.instanceUuid
self.service_locator.url = "https://" + self.destination_vcenter + ":" + str(self.params['port']) + "/sdk"
creds = vim.ServiceLocatorNamePassword()
creds.username = self.destination_vcenter_username
creds.password = self.destination_vcenter_password
self.service_locator.credential = creds
# populate relocate spec
self.relocate_spec.datastore = self.destination_datastore
self.relocate_spec.pool = self.destination_resource_pool
self.relocate_spec.service = self.service_locator
self.relocate_spec.host = self.destination_host
# populate clone spec
self.clone_spec.config = self.config_spec
self.clone_spec.powerOn = True if self.params['state'].lower() == 'poweredon' else False
self.clone_spec.location = self.relocate_spec
def get_recommended_datastore(self, datastore_cluster_obj=None):
"""
Function to return Storage DRS recommended datastore from datastore cluster
Args:
datastore_cluster_obj: datastore cluster managed object
Returns: Name of recommended datastore from the given datastore cluster
"""
if datastore_cluster_obj is None:
return None
# Check if Datastore Cluster provided by user is SDRS ready
sdrs_status = datastore_cluster_obj.podStorageDrsEntry.storageDrsConfig.podConfig.enabled
if sdrs_status:
# We can get storage recommendation only if SDRS is enabled on given datastorage cluster
pod_sel_spec = vim.storageDrs.PodSelectionSpec()
pod_sel_spec.storagePod = datastore_cluster_obj
storage_spec = vim.storageDrs.StoragePlacementSpec()
storage_spec.podSelectionSpec = pod_sel_spec
storage_spec.type = 'create'
try:
rec = self.content.storageResourceManager.RecommendDatastores(storageSpec=storage_spec)
rec_action = rec.recommendations[0].action[0]
return rec_action.destination.name
except Exception:
# There is some error so we fall back to general workflow
pass
datastore = None
datastore_freespace = 0
for ds in datastore_cluster_obj.childEntity:
if isinstance(ds, vim.Datastore) and ds.summary.freeSpace > datastore_freespace:
# If datastore field is provided, filter destination datastores
if not self.is_datastore_valid(datastore_obj=ds):
continue
datastore = ds
datastore_freespace = ds.summary.freeSpace
if datastore:
return datastore.name
return None
def main():
"""
Main method
"""
argument_spec = vmware_argument_spec()
argument_spec.update(
name=dict(type='str'),
uuid=dict(type='str'),
moid=dict(type='str'),
use_instance_uuid=dict(type='bool', default=False),
destination_vm_name=dict(type='str', required=True),
destination_datastore=dict(type='str', required=True),
destination_host=dict(type='str', required=True),
destination_vcenter=dict(type='str', required=True),
destination_vcenter_username=dict(type='str', required=True),
destination_vcenter_password=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=True),
destination_vcenter_port=dict(type='int', default=443),
destination_vcenter_validate_certs=dict(type='bool', default=False),
destination_vm_folder=dict(type='str', required=True),
destination_resource_pool=dict(type='str', default=None),
state=dict(type='str', default='present',
choices=['present', 'poweredon'])
)
module = AnsibleModule(
argument_spec=argument_spec,
supports_check_mode=True,
required_one_of=[
['uuid', 'name', 'moid'],
],
mutually_exclusive=[
['uuid', 'name', 'moid'],
],
)
result = {'failed': False, 'changed': False}
if module.check_mode:
if module.params['state'] in ['present']:
result.update(
vm_name=module.params['destination_vm_name'],
vcenter=module.params['destination_vcenter'],
host=module.params['destination_host'],
datastore=module.params['destination_datastore'],
vm_folder=module.params['destination_vm_folder'],
state=module.params['state'],
changed=True,
desired_operation='Create VM with PowerOff State'
)
if module.params['state'] == 'poweredon':
result.update(
vm_name=module.params['destination_vm_name'],
vcenter=module.params['destination_vcenter'],
host=module.params['destination_host'],
datastore=module.params['destination_datastore'],
vm_folder=module.params['destination_vm_folder'],
state=module.params['state'],
changed=True,
desired_operation='Create VM with PowerON State'
)
module.exit_json(**result)
clone_manager = CrossVCCloneManager(module)
clone_manager.sanitize_params()
clone_manager.populate_specs()
result = clone_manager.clone()
if result['failed']:
module.fail_json(**result)
else:
module.exit_json(**result)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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