Customize option in vmware_guest module doesn't work for FreeBSD

[karthik120]

SUMMARY

When I attempt to clone a FreeBSD 10.1 VM (openvm tools already installed in it) to new one e.x cloning B from A where A being source and B being the destination. The play ends with the error
Customize option in vmware_guest module doesn't work for FreeBSD . However, new VM B is created. When you turn on the machine B, you would notice the IP address and hostname of the source A in it instead of the one that I set using customize option in vmware_guest.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

vmware_guest

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.6.1
  config file = /home/builders/ansible_scripts/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/home/builders/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.5 (default, Sep 15 2016, 22:37:39) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)]

CONFIGURATION

ansible-config dump --only-changed
DEFAULT_FORKS(/home/builders/ansible_scripts/ansible.cfg) = 25
DEFAULT_GATHERING(/home/builders/ansible_scripts/ansible.cfg) = explicit
DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME(/home/builders/ansible_scripts/ansible.cfg) = shell

OS / ENVIRONMENT

CentOS 7.2

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Have a source VM as FreeBSD 10.1 with OpenVm tools installed
2. Run the playbook with the hosts as localhost

---
- name: Clone VM from one to another
  vmware_guest:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    validate_certs: '{{ validate_certs }}'
    name: '{{ vm_name }}'
    state: '{{ state }}'
    template: '{{ vm_template }}'
    datacenter: '{{ cluster_name }}'
    folder: '{{ folder_name }}'
    cluster: '{{ cluster }}'
    hardware:
      memory_mb: '{{ ram }}'
      num_cpus: '{{ cpu }}'
      scsi: '{{ scsi }}'
    customization:
      hostname: '{{ vm_name }}'
    networks:
    - name: VM-NETWORK
      ip: '{{ ip_address }}'
      netmask: '{{ netmask }}'
      gateway: '{{ gateway }}'
      type: '{{ type }}'
    wait_for_ip_address: yes
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: deploy

EXPECTED RESULTS

New VM gets created with the hostname provided in the customize section

ACTUAL RESULTS

New VM is created with the hostname and IP address of the Source VM instead of a new name provided in customization section. Also, the play ends in the error with the message below
Customize option in vmware_guest module doesn't work for FreeBSD

[karthik120]

As far as I am thinking, this could be a bug in Vmware itself. I am not sure, where to report this.

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[Akasurde]

@karthik120 Thanks for reporting this issue. FreeBSD is not support platform customization, you can check this matrix - http://partnerweb.vmware.com/programs/guestOS/guest-os-customization-matrix.pdf .
I will close this as this is VMware Bug/Feature itself. You may want to contact VMware support for this. Thanks.