| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | cluster 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The name of cluster where the virtual machine is running. This is a required parameter, if esxi_hostnameis not set. esxi_hostnameandclusterare mutually exclusive parameters.
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                                                            | datacenter 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to. | 
                            
                                                            | esxi_hostname 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The ESXi hostname where the virtual machine is running. This is a required parameter, if clusteris not set. esxi_hostnameandclusterare mutually exclusive parameters.
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                                                            | folder 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. This is a required parameter, only if multiple VMs are found with same name. The folder should include the datacenter. ESXi server'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. | 
                            
                                                            | local_path 
                    path
                                                                 |  | If local_pathis not set, the created screenshot file will be kept in the directory of the virtual machine on ESXi host. Iflocal_pathis set to a valid path on local machine, then the screenshot file will be downloaded from ESXi host to the local directory. If not download screenshot file to local machine, you can open it through the returned file URL in screenshot facts manually. | 
                            
                                                            | 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. This is a required parameter, if parameter uuidormoidis not supplied. | 
                            
                                                            | 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
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                                                            | 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
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                                                            | uuid 
                    string
                                                                 |  | UUID of the instance to gather facts if known, this is VMware's unique identifier. This is a required parameter, if parameter 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. |