create_vm_no_template.yaml

---
# Create a new VM on an ESX server
# Returns changed = False when the VM already exists
# Returns changed = True and a adds ansible_facts from the new VM
# State will set the power status of a guest upon creation. Use powered_on to create and boot.
# Options ['state', 'vm_extra_config', 'vm_disk', 'vm_nic', 'vm_hardware', 'esxi'] are required together
# Note: vm_floppy support added in 2.0

- vsphere_guest:
    guest: newvm001
    state: powered_on
    vm_extra_config:
      vcpu.hotadd: yes
      mem.hotadd:  yes
      notes: This is a test VM
      folder: /
    vm_disk:
      disk1:
        size_gb: 10
        type: thin
        datastore: datastore1
        # VMs can be put into folders. The value given here is either the full path
        # to the folder (e.g. production/customerA/lamp) or just the last component
        # of the path (e.g. lamp):
        folder: /
    vm_nic:
      nic1:
        type: "Standard port group"
        network: "VM portgroup_2"
        network_type: standard
    vm_hardware:
      memory_mb: 1024
      num_cpus: 1
      osid: centos7Guest
      scsi: paravirtual
      vm_cdrom:
        type: "iso"
        iso_path: "datastore2/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1908.iso"
  delegate_to: localhost