| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | datacenter 
                    string
                                                                 | Default: 
 "ha-datacenter" | The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to. This parameter is case sensitive. | 
                            
                                                            | display_number 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | The number of display. Valid value from 1 to 10. The maximum display number is 4 on vCenter 6.0, 6.5 web UI. | 
                            
                                                            | enable_3D 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Enable 3D for guest operating systems on which VMware supports 3D. | 
                            
                                                            | 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 | 
                            
                                                            | gather_video_facts 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If set to True, return settings of the video card, other attributes are ignored. If set to False, will do reconfiguration and return video card settings. | 
                            
                                                            | 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. | 
                            
                                                            | memory_3D_mb 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | The value of 3D Memory must be power of 2 and valid value is from 32 MB to 2048 MB. | 
                            
                                                            | 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
 | 
                            
                                                            | 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. | 
                            
                                                            | renderer_3D 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            automaticsoftwarehardware | If set to automatic, selects the appropriate option (software or hardware) for this virtual machine automatically. If set to software, uses normal CPU processing for 3D calculations. If set to hardware, requires graphics hardware (GPU) for faster 3D calculations. | 
                            
                                                            | use_auto_detect 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If set to True, applies common video settings to the guest operating system, attributes display_numberandvideo_memory_mbare ignored. If set to False, the number of display and the total video memory will be reconfigured using display_numberandvideo_memory_mb. | 
                            
                                                            | 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 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. | 
                            
                                                            | video_memory_mb 
                    float
                                                                 |  | Valid total MB of video memory range of virtual machine is from 1.172 MB to 256 MB on ESXi 6.7U1, from 1.172 MB to 128 MB on ESXi 6.7 and previous versions. For specific guest OS, supported minimum and maximum video memory are different, please be careful on setting this. |