@ -71,6 +71,25 @@ options:
description :
description :
- Define an arbitrary description to attach to snapshot .
quiesce :
description :
- If set to C ( true ) and virtual machine is powered on , it will quiesce the
file system in virtual machine .
- Note that VMWare Tools are required for this flag .
- If virtual machine is powered off or VMware Tools are not available , then
this flag is set to C ( false ) .
- If virtual machine does not provide capability to take quiesce snapshot , then
this flag is set to C ( false ) .
required : False
version_added : " 2.4 "
memory_dump :
description :
- If set to C ( true ) , memory dump of virtual machine is also included in snapshot .
- Note that memory snapshots take time and resources , this will take longer time to create .
- If virtual machine does not provide capability to take memory snapshot , then
this flag is set to C ( false ) .
required : False
version_added : " 2.4 "
extends_documentation_fragment : vmware . documentation
'''
@ -114,6 +133,18 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
name : dummy_vm
state : remove_all
delegate_to : localhost
- name : Take snapshot of a VM using quiesce and memory flag on
vmware_guest_snapshot :
hostname : 192.168 .1 .209
username : administrator @vsphere.local
password : vmware
name : dummy_vm
state : present
snapshot_name : dummy_vm_snap_0001
quiesce : True
memory_dump : True
delegate_to : localhost
'''
RETURN = """
@ -207,11 +238,18 @@ class PyVmomiHelper(object):
return snap_obj
def snapshot_vm ( self , vm ) :
dump_ memory = False
memory_dump = False
quiesce = False
# Check if Virtual Machine provides capabilities for Quiesce and Memory
# Snapshots
if vm . capability . quiescedSnapshotsSupported :
quiesce = self . module . params [ ' quiesce ' ]
if vm . capability . memorySnapshotsSupported :
memory_dump = self . module . params [ ' memory_dump ' ]
return vm . CreateSnapshot ( self . module . params [ " snapshot_name " ] ,
self . module . params [ " description " ] ,
dump_memory ,
memory_dump ,
quiesce )
def remove_or_revert_snapshot ( self , vm ) :
@ -283,6 +321,8 @@ def main():
datacenter = dict ( required = True , type = ' str ' ) ,
snapshot_name = dict ( required = False , type = ' str ' ) ,
description = dict ( required = False , type = ' str ' , default = ' ' ) ,
quiesce = dict ( type = ' bool ' , default = False ) ,
memory_dump = dict ( type = ' bool ' , default = False ) ,
) ,
)