community.vmware.vmware_host_auto_start – Manage the auto power ON or OFF for vm on ESXi host

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• In this module, can set up automatic startup and shutdown of virtual machines according to host startup or shutdown.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.7
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Examples

---
- name: Update for system defaults config.
  community.vmware.vmware_host_auto_start:
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    system_defaults:
      enabled: true
      start_delay: 100
      stop_action: guestShutdown

- name: Update for powerInfo config of virtual machine.
  community.vmware.vmware_host_auto_start:
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    power_info:
      start_action: powerOn
      start_delay: 10
      start_order: 1
      stop_action: powerOff
      wait_for_heartbeat: true

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Authors

• sky-joker (@sky-joker)