I am using a subnet which is DHCP , hence no need to have IP mentioned
The OS is windows 10
Thanks for the info, i will investigate on - waitforcustomization as true
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 7:25:42 PM UTC-7 bansalpiy...@gmail.com
wrote:
> Dear Friend,
>
> You can remove waitforip because you are not giving network ip .. atleast
> as per your playbook shown. Instead, you can mention waitforcustomization
> as true....!!
>
> Also, you are not mentioning network ip address/subnet/gateway details...
> How is it supposed to contact the domain controller ?
>
> Must make sure VMware tools are installed and not corrupted on the
> template from which You are deploying vm.
>
> Also, give password directive in customisation section for the vm. This
> will be your vm administrator password.
> If I may ask... What's the OS version in template ?? 2008r2/2012/2012r2
> etc ??
>
> Thanks,
> Piyush
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Aug, 2020, 5:35 am esxi...@gmail.com, <esxi...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Any help is much appreciated .. Here is summary of issue :
>>
>> Module :
>> vmware_guest
>>
>> Error :
>>
>> "msg": "Failed to create a virtual machine : Cannot complete
>> customization."
>>
>> Ansible Version :
>> ansible 2.9.10
>>
>> Playbook :
>>
>> ---
>> - hosts: localhost
>> gather_facts: false
>> connection: local
>> vars_files:
>> - ./vars/xxx.yml
>>
>>
>> tasks:
>> - name: create vm using template
>> vmware_guest:
>> hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
>> username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
>> password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
>> datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"
>> cluster: "{{ vcenter_cluster }}"
>> template: "{{ vcenter_template }}"
>> validate_certs: no
>> name: "{{ item }}"
>> folder: /xxx
>> state: poweredon
>> wait_for_ip_address: true
>> disk:
>> - size_gb: 80
>> type: thin
>> datastore: xxx
>> hardware:
>> memory_mb: 8192
>> num_cpus: 4
>> num_cpu_cores_per_socket: 4
>> scsi: paravirtual
>> networks:
>> - name: xxx
>> start_connected: true
>> customization:
>> domain: xxx
>> dns_servers: xx
>> dns_suffix: xxx
>> joindomain: xxx
>> autologon: true
>> domainadmin: "xx"
>> domainadminpassword: "xx"
>> hostname: "{{ item }}"
>> with_items: "{{ servers }}"
>>
>>
>>
>> Issue :
>>
>> VM is created but is power-off & is not joined to domain ..basically
>> failed custimization
>>
>> -vvvv does not show much
>>
>> Manually if done ie from vCenter UI, works as expected
>>
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