vmware_guest - Can't provision to datacenter inside a folder

[dsears]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

vmware_guest

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.3.0.0
  config file = 
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides
  python version = 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Aug  9 2016, 06:11:56) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)]

CONFIGURATION

N/A

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.8 (Santiago)

SUMMARY

A VM folder cannot be targeted when its parent datacenter is inside a folder.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

My vCenter has uses location-based folders to contain datacenters. A valid path to pyvmomi's FindByInventoryPath might be:

MyCity/MyDatacenter/vm/MyVmFolder

However, looks like vmware_guest calls FindByInventoryPath with just the datacenter name:

        f_obj = self.content.searchIndex.FindByInventoryPath('/%(datacenter)s%(folder)s' % self.params)

This configuration finds the datacenter but not the folder:

      vmware_guest:
        datacenter: MyDatacenter
        folder: /vm/MyVmFolder

This configuration fails to find the datacenter:

      vmware_guest:
        datacenter: MyCity/MyDatacenter
        folder: /vm/MyVmFolder

EXPECTED RESULTS

Datacenter/folder combination are addressable.

ACTUAL RESULTS

Either folder is not found or datacenter is not found. Not clear if there is any workable way to address the datacenter/folder combination.

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[jctanner]

@dsears have you tried changing the line just to test if it would work?

_obj = self.content.searchIndex.FindByInventoryPath('/%(datacenter)s%(folder)s' % self.params)

to

_obj = self.content.searchIndex.FindByInventoryPath('/<MyCity>/%(datacenter)s%(folder)s' % self.params)

Not the permanent solution, but I would like to know if the rest of the code would succeed after that.

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[dsears]

Not totally sure. It gets farther and then fails with a permission denied on the clone operation:

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false, 
    "failed": true, 
    "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_d4RXUm/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 1332, in <module>\n    main()\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_d4RXUm/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 1321, in main\n    result = pyv.deploy_vm()\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_d4RXUm/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 1088, in deploy_vm\n    task = vm_obj.Clone(folder=destfolder, name=self.params['name'], spec=clonespec)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 580, in <lambda>\n    self.f(*(self.args + (obj,) + args), **kwargs)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 386, in _InvokeMethod\n    return self._stub.InvokeMethod(self, info, args)\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py\", line 1373, in InvokeMethod\n    raise obj # pylint: disable-msg=E0702\npyVmomi.VmomiSupport.NoPermission: (vim.fault.NoPermission) {\n   dynamicType = <unset>,\n   dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],\n   msg = 'Permission to perform this operation was denied.',\n   faultCause = <unset>,\n   faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [],\n   object = 'vim.VirtualMachine:vm-2708',\n   privilegeId = 'VirtualMachine.Provisioning.DeployTemplate'\n}\n", 
    "module_stdout": "", 
    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE", 
    "rc": 0
}

Partial playbook:

  tasks:

    - name: Clone the VM
      vmware_guest:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        validate_certs: no
        datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
        cluster: "{{ cluster }}"
        template: "{{ template }}"
        name: "{{ vm_name }}"
        folder: "{{ folder }}"

So it's at least finding the VM, and my user is definitely able to clone things both through the UI and through pyvmomi. Not sure if the error is related to the folder issue or if I have some other input that is wrong/missing.

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[Akasurde]

@dsears Could you please paste output of govc find / ?

I tried to reproduce your setup. Does it look similar to yours ?

# govc find /mycity
/mycity
/mycity/mydatacenter
/mycity/mydatacenter/vm
/mycity/mydatacenter/host
/mycity/mydatacenter/host/myhost
/mycity/mydatacenter/host/myhost/myhost
/mycity/mydatacenter/host/myhost/Resources
/mycity/mydatacenter/host/myhost/Resources/myrp
/mycity/mydatacenter/datastore
/mycity/mydatacenter/datastore/mydatastore
/mycity/mydatacenter/network
/mycity/mydatacenter/network/VM Network
/mycity/SampleVM01

[rpasche]

I think my PR #30826 would fix this.

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[Akasurde]

@dsears Could you please re-try with latest or 2.4.2.0 version and let me know if it works for you ?

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[Akasurde]

Closing this issue as this functionality works in current version. If issue persists, please feel free to re-open.