| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | datacenter 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Destination datacenter where the virtual machine exists. | 
                            
                                                            | folder 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. This is required, if nameis supplied. The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter Examples: folder: /ha-datacenter/vm folder: ha-datacenter/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm folder: datacenter1/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2 | 
                            
                                                            | hostname 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOSTwill be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. | 
                            
                                                            | moid 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.9 |  | Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance. This is required if nameoruuidis not supplied. | 
                            
                                                            | name 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Name of the virtual machine to work with. This is required if uuidormoidis not supplied. | 
                            
                                                            | name_match 
                    string
                                                                 |  | If multiple virtual machines matching the name, use the first or last found. | 
                            
                                                            | password 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORDwill be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
 | 
                            
                                                            | port 
                    integer
                                                                 added in 2.5 | Default: 
 443 | The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORTwill be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. | 
                            
                                                            | proxy_host 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.9 |  | Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_HOSTwill be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12 | 
                            
                                                            | proxy_port 
                    integer
                                                                 added in 2.9 |  | Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_PORTwill be used instead. | 
                            
                                                            | username 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USERwill be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
 | 
                            
                                                            | uuid 
                    string
                                                                 |  | UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier. This is required if nameormoidis not supplied. | 
                            
                                                            | validate_certs 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to falsewhen certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTSwill be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. |