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.. _community.vmware.vmware_host_module:
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community.vmware.vmware_host
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**Add, remove, or move an ESXi host to, from, or within vCenter**
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Synopsis
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- This module can be used to add, reconnect, or remove an ESXi host to or from vCenter.
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- This module can also be used to move an ESXi host to a cluster or folder, or vice versa, within the same datacenter.
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Requirements
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The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
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- python >= 2.6
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- PyVmomi
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- ssl
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- socket
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- hashlib
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Parameters
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.. raw:: html
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
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<tr>
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<th colspan="1">Parameter</th>
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<th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
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<th width="100%">Comments</th>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>add_connected</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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</div>
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<td>
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li>no</li>
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<li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b> ←</div></li>
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</ul>
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<td>
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<div>If set to <code>True</code>, then the host should be connected as soon as it is added.</div>
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<div>This parameter is ignored if state is set to a value other than <code>present</code>.</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td colspan="1">
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>cluster_name</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div>Name of the cluster to add the host.</div>
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<div>If <code>folder</code> is not set, then this parameter is required.</div>
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<div>Aliases added in version 2.6.</div>
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<div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: cluster</div>
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</td>
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<td colspan="1">
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>datacenter_name</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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/ <span style="color: red">required</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div>Name of the datacenter to add the host.</div>
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<div>Aliases added in version 2.6.</div>
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<div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: datacenter</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>esxi_hostname</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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/ <span style="color: red">required</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div>ESXi hostname to manage.</div>
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</td>
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<td colspan="1">
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>esxi_password</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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<div>ESXi password.</div>
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<div>Required for adding a host.</div>
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<div>Optional for reconnect.</div>
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<div>Unused for removing.</div>
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<div>No longer a required parameter from version 2.5.</div>
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</td>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>esxi_ssl_thumbprint</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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<b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">""</div>
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<div>Specifying the hostsystem certificate's thumbprint.</div>
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<div>Use following command to get hostsystem certificate's thumbprint -</div>
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<div># openssl x509 -in /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.crt -fingerprint -sha1 -noout</div>
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<div>Only used if <code>fetch_thumbprint</code> isn't set to <code>true</code>.</div>
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<div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: ssl_thumbprint</div>
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<td colspan="1">
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>esxi_username</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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<div>ESXi username.</div>
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<div>Required for adding a host.</div>
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<div>Optional for reconnect. If both <code>esxi_username</code> and <code>esxi_password</code> are used</div>
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<div>Unused for removing.</div>
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<div>No longer a required parameter from version 2.5.</div>
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</td>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>fetch_ssl_thumbprint</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li>no</li>
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<li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b> ←</div></li>
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</ul>
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<div>Fetch the thumbprint of the host's SSL certificate.</div>
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<div>This basically disables the host certificate verification (check if it was signed by a recognized CA).</div>
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<div>Disable this option if you want to allow only hosts with valid certificates to be added to vCenter.</div>
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<div>If this option is set to <code>false</code> and the certificate can't be verified, an add or reconnect will fail.</div>
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<div>Unused when <code>esxi_ssl_thumbprint</code> is set.</div>
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<div>Optional for reconnect, but only used if <code>esxi_username</code> and <code>esxi_password</code> are used.</div>
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<div>Unused for removing.</div>
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</td>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>folder</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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</div>
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<div>Name of the folder under which host to add.</div>
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<div>If <code>cluster_name</code> is not set, then this parameter is required.</div>
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<div>For example, if there is a datacenter 'dc1' under folder called 'Site1' then, this value will be '/Site1/dc1/host'.</div>
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<div>Here 'host' is an invisible folder under VMware Web Client.</div>
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<div>Another example, if there is a nested folder structure like '/myhosts/india/pune' under datacenter 'dc2', then <code>folder</code> value will be '/dc2/host/myhosts/india/pune'.</div>
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<div>Other Examples: '/Site2/dc2/Asia-Cluster/host' or '/dc3/Asia-Cluster/host'</div>
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<div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: folder_name</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>force_connection</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li>no</li>
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<li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b> ←</div></li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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<div>Force the connection if the host is already being managed by another vCenter server.</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>hostname</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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<div>The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.</div>
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<div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_HOST</code> will be used instead.</div>
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<div>Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>password</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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<div>The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.</div>
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<div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_PASSWORD</code> will be used instead.</div>
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<div>Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.</div>
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<div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: pass, pwd</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>port</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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<b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">443</div>
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</td>
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<div>The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.</div>
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<div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_PORT</code> will be used instead.</div>
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<div>Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.</div>
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</td>
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<td colspan="1">
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>proxy_host</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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</div>
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<div>Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.</div>
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<div>The format is a hostname or a IP.</div>
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<div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_PROXY_HOST</code> will be used instead.</div>
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<div>This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>proxy_port</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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</div>
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<div>Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.</div>
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<div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_PROXY_PORT</code> will be used instead.</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>reconnect_disconnected</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li>no</li>
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<li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b> ←</div></li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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<div>Reconnect disconnected hosts.</div>
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<div>This is only used if <code>state</code> is set to <code>present</code> and if the host already exists.</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>state</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li><div style="color: blue"><b>present</b> ←</div></li>
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<li>absent</li>
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<li>add_or_reconnect</li>
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<li>reconnect</li>
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<li>disconnected</li>
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<div>If set to <code>present</code>, add the host if host is absent.</div>
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<div>If set to <code>present</code>, update the location of the host if host already exists.</div>
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<div>If set to <code>absent</code>, remove the host if host is present.</div>
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<div>If set to <code>absent</code>, do nothing if host already does not exists.</div>
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<div>If set to <code>add_or_reconnect</code>, add the host if it's absent else reconnect it and update the location.</div>
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<div>If set to <code>reconnect</code>, then reconnect the host if it's present and update the location.</div>
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<div>If set to <code>disconnected</code>, disconnect the host if the host already exists.</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>username</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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</div>
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<div>The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.</div>
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<div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_USER</code> will be used instead.</div>
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<div>Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.</div>
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<div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: admin, user</div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>validate_certs</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li>no</li>
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<li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b> ←</div></li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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<div>Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to <code>false</code> when certificates are not trusted.</div>
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<div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS</code> will be used instead.</div>
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<div>Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.</div>
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<div>If set to <code>true</code>, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.</div>
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</table>
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<br/>
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Notes
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.. note::
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- Tested on vSphere 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7
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- All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.
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Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml
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- name: Add ESXi Host to vCenter
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community.vmware.vmware_host:
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hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
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username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
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password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
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datacenter: datacenter_name
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cluster: cluster_name
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esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
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esxi_username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
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esxi_password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
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state: present
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delegate_to: localhost
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- name: Add ESXi Host to vCenter under a specific folder
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community.vmware.vmware_host:
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hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
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username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
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password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
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datacenter: datacenter_name
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folder: '/Site2/Asia-Cluster/host'
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esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
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esxi_username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
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esxi_password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
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state: present
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add_connected: True
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delegate_to: localhost
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- name: Reconnect ESXi Host (with username/password set)
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community.vmware.vmware_host:
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hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
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username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
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password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
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datacenter: datacenter_name
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cluster: cluster_name
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esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
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esxi_username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
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esxi_password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
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state: reconnect
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delegate_to: localhost
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- name: Reconnect ESXi Host (with default username/password)
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community.vmware.vmware_host:
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hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
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username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
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password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
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datacenter: datacenter_name
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cluster: cluster_name
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esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
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state: reconnect
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delegate_to: localhost
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- name: Add ESXi Host with SSL Thumbprint to vCenter
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community.vmware.vmware_host:
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hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
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username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
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password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
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datacenter: datacenter_name
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cluster: cluster_name
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esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
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esxi_username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
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esxi_password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
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esxi_ssl_thumbprint: "3C:A5:60:6F:7A:B7:C4:6C:48:28:3D:2F:A5:EC:A3:58:13:88:F6:DD"
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state: present
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delegate_to: localhost
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Return Values
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-------------
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Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:
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.. raw:: html
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
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<tr>
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<th colspan="1">Key</th>
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<th>Returned</th>
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<th width="100%">Description</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td colspan="1">
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
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<b>result</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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<td>on successful addition</td>
|
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<td>
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<div>metadata about the new host system added</div>
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<br/>
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<div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
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<div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">Host already connected to vCenter 'vcenter01' in cluster 'cluster01'</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br/><br/>
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Status
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------
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Authors
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~~~~~~~
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- Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
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- Russell Teague (@mtnbikenc)
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- Maxime de Roucy (@tchernomax)
|
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- Christian Kotte (@ckotte)
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