I am attempting to migrate VMs from one vcenter to another in the environment using ansible.
Both of the vcenters are running vSphere Client version 7.0.3.01100.
ansible-helper is a RHEL 8 system with Python 3 and the required pyvmomi and vsphere-automation-sdk-python packages.
Note: The vmware snapshot and power off work. It just fails at the vmotion stage
The user that is being used to attempt the vmotion is the same (AD Controlled) and has the same privileges.
Here is the playbook used to attempt the move:
---
- name: Migrate Systems to Subterra (Fail-over to DR Site)
hosts: subterra
gather_facts: no
vars_files:
- environments/vars/vault.yml
vars:
vcenter_hostname: "vcenter1.company.com"
vcenter_username: "DOMAIN\\ansible_user"
dst_vcenter: "vcenter2.company.com"
datacenter_name: "DC1"
datastore: "SAN_Location1"
tasks:
- name: Gather one specific VM
community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
vm_name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
validate_certs: false
delegate_to: ansible-helper
register: vminfo
- name: List the VM's Information
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: vminfo
- name: print keys of cluster data
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ vminfo.virtual_machines | list }}"
- name: List the VM's Folder Information
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: vminfo.virtual_machines[0].folder
- name: Testing printing the json_query
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ vminfo | json_query('virtual_machines[0].folder') }}"
- name: Listing Datastore name
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ vminfo | json_query('virtual_machines[0].datastore_url.name') }}"
- name: Define VM Folder
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
vm_folder_loc: "{{ vminfo | json_query('virtual_machines[0].folder') }}"
- name: Define Data Store from vm output
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
dest_data_store: "{{ vminfo | json_query('virtual_machines[0].datastore_url.name') }}"
- name: List the VM's Folder Information
ansible.builtin.debug:
var: vm_folder_loc
- name: Create a snapshot prior to migration
community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
folder: "{{ vm_folder_loc }}"
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
state: present
memory_dump: false
validate_certs: false
snapshot_name: Snapshot_Prior_to_Migration
description: "Snapshot of system prior to migration to vcenter2"
delegate_to: ansible-helper
- name: PowerOff VM
community.vmware.vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
validate_certs: false
state: poweredoff
delegate_to: ansible-helper
- name: Perform vMotion of virtual machine to Subterra
community.vmware.vmware_vmotion:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
vm_name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
destination_datastore: "{{ dest_data_store }}"
destination_datacenter: "{{ dst_vcenter }}"
destination_resourcepool: "Linux"
validate_certs: false
delegate_to: ansible-helper
- name: PowerOn VM
community.vmware.vmware_guest:
hostname: "{{ dst_vcenter }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
validate_certs: false
state: poweredon
delegate_to: ansible-helper
The playbook works until it gets to the community.vmware.vmware_vmotion module. Then I get the following error:
{
"exception": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1676650446.81-32325-16791288075867/AnsiballZ_vmware_vmotion.py\", line 102, in <module>\r\n _ansiballz_main()\r\n File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1676650446.81-32325-16791288075867/AnsiballZ_vmware_vmotion.py\", line 94, in _ansiballz_main\r\n invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1676650446.81-32325-16791288075867/AnsiballZ_vmware_vmotion.py\", line 40, in invoke_module\r\n runpy.run_module(mod_name='ansible_collections.community.vmware.plugins.modules.vmware_vmotion', init_globals=None, run_name='__main__', alter_sys=True)\r\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 205, in run_module\r\n return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)\r\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 96, in _run_module_code\r\n mod_name, mod_spec, pkg_name, script_name)\r\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 85, in _run_code\r\n exec(code, run_globals)\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/modules/vmware_vmotion.py\", line 549, in <module>\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/modules/vmware_vmotion.py\", line 545, in main\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/modules/vmware_vmotion.py\", line 243, in __init__\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py\", line 249, in find_datastore_by_name\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py\", line 209, in find_object_by_name\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py\", line 796, in get_all_objs\r\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 706, in <lambda>\r\n self.f(*(self.args + (obj,) + args), **kwargs)\r\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 511, in _InvokeMethod\r\n list(map(CheckField, info.params, args))\r\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 1098, in CheckField\r\n % (info.name, info.type.__name__, valType.__name__))\r\nTypeError: For \"container\" expected type vim.ManagedEntity, but got str\r\n",
"_ansible_no_log": false,
"_ansible_delegated_vars": {
"ansible_port": null,
"ansible_host": "192.168.28.12",
"ansible_user": "devops"
},
"module_stderr": "OpenSSH_7.4p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips 26 Jan 2017\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /var/lib/awx/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 58: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 32265\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 1\r\nShared connection to 192.168.28.12 closed.\r\n",
"changed": false,
"module_stdout": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1676650446.81-32325-16791288075867/AnsiballZ_vmware_vmotion.py\", line 102, in <module>\r\n _ansiballz_main()\r\n File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1676650446.81-32325-16791288075867/AnsiballZ_vmware_vmotion.py\", line 94, in _ansiballz_main\r\n invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n File \"/home/devops/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1676650446.81-32325-16791288075867/AnsiballZ_vmware_vmotion.py\", line 40, in invoke_module\r\n runpy.run_module(mod_name='ansible_collections.community.vmware.plugins.modules.vmware_vmotion', init_globals=None, run_name='__main__', alter_sys=True)\r\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 205, in run_module\r\n return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)\r\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 96, in _run_module_code\r\n mod_name, mod_spec, pkg_name, script_name)\r\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 85, in _run_code\r\n exec(code, run_globals)\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/modules/vmware_vmotion.py\", line 549, in <module>\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/modules/vmware_vmotion.py\", line 545, in main\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/modules/vmware_vmotion.py\", line 243, in __init__\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py\", line 249, in find_datastore_by_name\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py\", line 209, in find_object_by_name\r\n File \"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload_eyr21noz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_vmotion_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py\", line 796, in get_all_objs\r\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 706, in <lambda>\r\n self.f(*(self.args + (obj,) + args), **kwargs)\r\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 511, in _InvokeMethod\r\n list(map(CheckField, info.params, args))\r\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 1098, in CheckField\r\n % (info.name, info.type.__name__, valType.__name__))\r\nTypeError: For \"container\" expected type vim.ManagedEntity, but got str\r\n",
"rc": 1,
"msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error"
}
Here is my ansible.cfg:
[defaults]
inventory = ./environments/test/hosts
ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS = -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=30m
ANSIBLE_PIPELINING = True
retry_files_enabled = False
host_key_checking = False
allow_world_readable_tmpfiles = True
remote_user = devops
private_key_file = ../keys/private_key_rsa
role_path = ./roles/
