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Questions tagged [vsphere]
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Rancher - controlplane node got into worker pool
I have separate node templates for worker and controlplane nodes. I removed a worker node in Terraform and Rancher put one of the controlplane nodes in the worker node pool -- I now see it as both in the controlplane and worker node pools!
When I…

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Can machines be "shutdown guest OS" without having VMware Tools installed using Powershell?
I need to shut down "Guest OS" of machines in powershell.
I dont have VMware Tools installed on the guest to use Shutdown-VMGuest.
My question is can this be done without installing VMWare tools on the guest. Is this even a possible ?
If NOT: Are…

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Terraform VM created and then deleted
terraform version v0.11.10
provider.vsphere v1.9.0
vsphere 5.5 (vcenter running)
vm template -> centos7, vmtools installed, perl installed, selinux off, firewalld off
im trying to spin up a cloned vm in vsphere using terraform. im new to terraform.…

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Ansible vmware_guest cannot ssh into vmware vSphere vCenter
I'm trying to setup a virtual machine with ansible. However, ansible keeps getting stuck on the Deploy guest from template task.
Using -vvv, I got the following logs.
When attempting to log in via ssh pubkey auth:
TASK [Deploy guest from template]…

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Terraform Error: vsphere provider doesn’t support resource
I have a small issue, my terraform code is saying the vsphere provider does not support a vsphere_instance resource.
When I run terraform plan, I get:
1 error(s) occurred:
*vsphere_instance.node1: Provider doesn’t support resource:…

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how to forcefully shut down physical server host through ILO?
I am new person of vmware environment i have shutdown a physical server through
RDP but it is not properly shutdown when i was checked in the ILO. Please suggest
how to shutdown a physical server?

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Ansible playbook to create VM in vSphere
I need a Ansible playbook to create an VM in my vSphere, is it possible ?

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