Than you all. I'll make note of your suggestions. I solved my issue like
this (whether it's "optimal, I don;t know):
* vars: vcenter_datacenter: >- {% if vcenter_hostname ==
'vcenter1' %} * *Datacenter1 *
*Datacenter {% elif vcenter_hostname == 'vcenter2' %} *
*Datacenter2*
*Datacenter {% else %} Default Datacenter {% endif %}*
On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 5:34:29 AM UTC-4 Rowe, Walter P. (Fed) wrote:
> A dictionary would solve this using the guest name as the key.
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> vcenter:
> host1: { datacenter: datacenter1, vcenter: vcenter2 }
> host2: { datacenter: datacenter1, vcenter: vcenter1 }
> host3: { datacenter: datacenter2, vcenter: vcenter2 }
> host4: { datacenter: datacenter2, vcenter: vcenter1 }
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> {{ vcenter[inventory_hostname].datacenter }}
> {{ vcenter[inventory_hostname].vcenter }}
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> Keeping that dictionary update to date will be tedious but could be
> automated too. Query each vcenter / datacenter pair for its list of VMs and
> generate a vars file with the above dictionary. Include that vars file in
> your playbooks. Alternatively (and more expensive) is to create an initial
> task that queries the each vcenter / datacenter pair and creates this
> dictionary in real time.
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> Walter
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> On May 8, 2024, at 12:34 PM, Dimitri Yioulos <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hello, all.
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> The subject of this post is probably terribly named. That said, here's
> what I'm trying to accomplish:
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> I have two VMware vCenter hosts - vcenter1.mycompany.com and
> vcenter2.mycompany.com. Within each host is are two datacenters -
> datacenter1 and datacenter2. for each host, the datacenter alignments are
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> prompt: "Enter your VMware password" private: yes - name:
> "vcenter_hostname" prompt: "Enter your Vcenter host
> name:\nvcenter1\nvcenter2\n" private: no - name:
> "vcenter_datacenter" prompt: "Enter your Vcenter
> datacenter:\ndatacenter1\ndatacenter2\n" private: no tasks: -
> name: Find vm folder name ~ - name: Remove all snapshots of all
> VMs community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot: hostname: "{{
> vcenter_hostname }}.fmycompany.com <http://fmycompany.com>"
> username: "{{ vcenter_username }}@vsphere.local" password: "{{
> vcenter_password }}" datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}
> Datacenter" folder: "{{ vm_folder.folders |
> regex_replace(\"([\\[\\]'])\",'') }}" name: "{{ inventory_hostname
> }}" state: remove_all validate_certs: False
> delegate_to: localhost*
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> As you can see, at present, I have to provide the vCenter name, and the
> corresponding datacenter name in order for the playbook to work. I would
> like to eliminate the need to specify the datacenter name, and have that
> populate datacenter ("{{ vcenter_datacenter }} Datacenter") based on the
> vCenter host that I choose (hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}.
> fmycompany.com"). I'm not clever enough to suss that out, and would
> appreciate your help.
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