clone-vm-final.yml

---
- name: Create a New VM from an existing template
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  vars_prompt:
    - name: "vcenter_host"
      prompt: "Enter vcenter server name"
      private: no
    - name: "vcsa_user"
      prompt: "Enter vCenter username"
      private: no
    - name: "vcsa_passwd"
      prompt: "Enter vcenter password"
      private: yes
    - name: "vm_name"
      prompt: "Enter name for the cloned vm"
      private: no
    - name: "VM_Mem"
      prompt: "Enter amount of memory for vm in mb"
      private: no  
    - name: "VM_CPU"
      prompt: "Provide nuber of vCPU for the cloned vm"
      private: no  
  vars:
   vcenter_host: '192.168.109.20'
   virtual_datacenter: 'BLR-DC01'
   cluster: 'Mgmt-Cluster'
   vm_folder: 'Infra-VM'
   datastore: 'iSCSI-1'
   dumpfacts: True
  tasks:
  - name: Clone the template
    vmware_guest:
      hostname: "{{ vcenter_host }}"
      username: "{{ vcsa_user }}"
      password: "{{ vcsa_passwd }}"
      validate_certs: False
      name: "{{ vm_name }}"
      template: Cent6-Minimal
      datacenter: "{{ virtual_datacenter }}"
      cluster: "{{ cluster }}"
      folder: "{{ vm_folder }}"
      disk:
        - size_gb: 30
          type: thin
          autoselect_datastore: True
      networks:
        - name: 'Mgmt-NW'
          ip: '192.168.109.140'
          netmask: '255.255.255.0'
          gateway: '192.168.109.1'
          dns: '192.168.109.2'
      hardware:
                hotadd_cpu: True
                hotadd_memory: True
                memory_mb: "{{ VM_Mem }}"
                num_cpus: "{{ VM_CPU }}"
      state: poweredon
      wait_for_ip_address: yes