How to Add a Disk to a VMware VM Using Ansible Playbook — Video Tutorial

Introduction - **Module**: `community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk` - **Purpose**: Manage disks related to virtual machines in a given vCenter infrastructure The Ansible module `vmware_guest_disk` is part of the community-supported collection of modules for interacting with VMware. It manages disks associated with virtual machines within a specified vCenter infrastructure. Parameters Overview - **Connection Details**: - `hostname` (string) - `username` (string) - `password` (string) - `datacenter` (string) - `validate_certs` (boolean) - **SCSI Controller Details**: - `scsi_controller` (string) - `unit_number` (string) - `scsi_type` (string) - **Disk Size**: - `size_kb` / `size_mb` / `size_gb` / `size_tb` (string) - **Disk Mode**: - `disk_mode` (string: `persistent`, `independent_persistent`, `independent_nonpersistent`) To add a disk to a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine using the `vmware_guest_disk` module, you must first establish a connection to VMware vSphere or VMware vCenter. This is done using parameters such as `hostname`, `username`, `password`, `datacenter`, and `validate_certs`. Once connected, you can specify the desired disk configuration to add a new disk to the virtual machine. The required parameters are `datacenter` and `unit_number`. The `datacenter` parameter identifies the datacenter to which the virtual machine belongs. The disk must be connected to a SCSI controller inside the virtual machine, so parameters like `scsi_controller`, `unit_number`, and `scsi_type` are essential. You can specify the disk size using units like KB, MB, GB, or TB. One crucial parameter is `disk_mode`, which defaults to `persistent`. Other options include `independent_persistent` and `independent_nonpersistent`. For more detailed information, refer to the official [community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_guest_disk_module.html) documentation. Playbook Example I'll Playbooknstrate how to add a 1GB additional disk to a Virtual Machine named "`myvm`" using an Ansible Playbook. The disk will be added to SCSI controller number 1, unit number 1. Playbook - vm_add_disk.yml ```yaml --- - name: vm disk Playbook hosts: localhost become: false gather_facts: false collections: - community.vmware pre_tasks: - include_vars: vars.yml tasks: - name: add disk to vm vmware_guest_disk: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" validate_certs: "{{ vcenter_validate_certs }}" datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}" name: "{{ vm_name }}" disk: - size_gb: "{{ vm_disk_gb }}" type: "{{ vm_disk_type }}" datastore: "{{ vm_disk_datastore }}" state: present scsi_controller: "{{ vm_disk_scsi_controller }}" unit_number: "{{ vm_disk_scsi_unit }}" scsi