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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2015, Bede Carroll <bc+github () bedecarroll.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: vmware_vmotion
+short_description: Move a virtual machine using vMotion
+description:
+    - Using VMware vCenter, move a virtual machine using vMotion to a different
+      host.
+version_added: 2.2
+author: "Bede Carroll (@bedecarroll)"
+notes:
+    - Tested on vSphere 6.0
+requirements:
+    - "python >= 2.6"
+    - pyVmomi
+options:
+    vm_name:
+        description:
+            - Name of the VM to perform a vMotion on
+        required: True
+        aliases: ['vm']
+    destination_host:
+        description:
+            - Name of the end host the VM should be running on
+        required: True
+        aliases: ['destination']
+extends_documentation_fragment: vmware.documentation
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+Example from Ansible playbook
+
+    - name: Perform vMotion of VM
+      local_action:
+        module: vmware_vmotion
+        hostname: 'vcenter_hostname'
+        username: 'vcenter_username'
+        password: 'vcenter_password'
+        validate_certs: False
+        vm_name: 'vm_name_as_per_vcenter'
+        destination_host: 'destination_host_as_per_vcenter'
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+running_host:
+    description: List the host the virtual machine is registered to
+    returned:
+        - changed
+        - success
+    type: string
+    sample: 'host1.example.com'
+'''
+
+try:
+    from pyVmomi import vim
+    HAS_PYVMOMI = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_PYVMOMI = False
+
+
+def migrate_vm(vm_object, host_object):
+    """
+    Migrate virtual machine and return the task.
+    """
+    relocate_spec = vim.vm.RelocateSpec(host=host_object)
+    task_object = vm_object.Relocate(relocate_spec)
+    return task_object
+
+def main():
+
+    argument_spec = vmware_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(
+        dict(
+            vm_name=dict(required=True, aliases=['vm'], type='str'),
+            destination_host=dict(required=True, aliases=['destination'], type='str'),
+        )
+    )
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec, supports_check_mode=True)
+
+    if not HAS_PYVMOMI:
+        module.fail_json(msg='pyVmomi is required for this module')
+
+    content = connect_to_api(module=module)
+
+    vm_object = find_vm_by_name(content=content, vm_name=module.params['vm_name'])
+    host_object = find_hostsystem_by_name(content=content, hostname=module.params['destination_host'])
+
+    # Setup result
+    result = {
+        'changed': False
+    }
+
+    # Check if we could find the VM or Host
+    if not vm_object:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Cannot find virtual machine')
+    if not host_object:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Cannot find host')
+
+    # Make sure VM isn't already at the destination
+    if vm_object.runtime.host.name == module.params['destination_host']:
+        module.exit_json(**result)
+
+    if not module.check_mode:
+        # Migrate VM and get Task object back
+        task_object = migrate_vm(vm_object=vm_object, host_object=host_object)
+
+        # Wait for task to complete
+        wait_for_task(task_object)
+
+        # If task was a success the VM has moved, update running_host and complete module
+        if task_object.info.state == vim.TaskInfo.State.success:
+            vm_object = find_vm_by_name(content=content, vm_name=module.params['vm_name'])
+            result['running_host'] = vm_object.runtime.host.name
+            result['changed'] = True
+            module.exit_json(**result)
+        else:
+            if task_object.info.error is None:
+                module.fail_json(msg='Unable to migrate VM due to an error, please check vCenter')
+            else:
+                module.fail_json(msg='Unable to migrate VM due to an error: %s' % task_object.info.error)
+    else:
+        # If we are in check mode return a result as if move was performed
+        result['running_host'] = module.params['destination_host']
+        result['changed'] = True
+        module.exit_json(**result)
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.vmware import *
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()