@ -1117,6 +1117,20 @@ class PyVmomiHelper(PyVmomi):
dvs_port_connection = vim . dvs . PortConnection ( )
dvs_port_connection . portgroupKey = pg_obj . key
# If user specifies distributed port group without associating to the hostsystem on which
# virtual machine is going to be deployed then we get error. We can infer that there is no
# association between given distributed port group and host system.
host_system = self . params . get ( ' esxi_hostname ' )
if host_system and host_system not in [ host . config . host . name for host in pg_obj . config . distributedVirtualSwitch . config . host ] :
self . module . fail_json ( msg = " It seems that host system ' %s ' is not associated with distributed "
" virtual portgroup ' %s ' . Please make sure host system is associated "
" with given distributed virtual portgroup " % ( host_system , pg_obj . name ) )
# TODO: (akasurde) There is no way to find association between resource pool and distributed virtual portgroup
# For now, check if we are able to find distributed virtual switch
if not pg_obj . config . distributedVirtualSwitch :
self . module . fail_json ( msg = " Failed to find distributed virtual switch which is associated with "
" distributed virtual portgroup ' %s ' . Make sure hostsystem is associated with "
" the given distributed virtual portgroup. " % pg_obj . name )
dvs_port_connection . switchUuid = pg_obj . config . distributedVirtualSwitch . uuid
nic . device . backing = vim . vm . device . VirtualEthernetCard . DistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo ( )
nic . device . backing . port = dvs_port_connection
@ -1124,10 +1138,10 @@ class PyVmomiHelper(PyVmomi):
elif isinstance ( self . cache . get_network ( network_name ) , vim . OpaqueNetwork ) :
# NSX-T Logical Switch
nic . device . backing = vim . vm . device . VirtualEthernetCard . OpaqueNetworkBackingInfo ( )
network_id = self . cache . get_network ( network_name ) . summary . opaqueNetworkId
nic . device . backing . opaqueNetworkType = ' nsx.LogicalSwitch '
nic . device . backing . opaqueNetworkId = self . cache . get_network ( network_name ) . summary . opaqueNetworkId
nic . device . deviceInfo . summary = ' nsx.LogicalSwitch: %s ' % ( self . cache . get_network ( network_name ) . summary . opaqueNetworkId )
nic . device . backing . opaqueNetworkId = network_id
nic . device . deviceInfo . summary = ' nsx.LogicalSwitch: %s ' % network_id
else :
# vSwitch
if not isinstance ( nic . device . backing , vim . vm . device . VirtualEthernetCard . NetworkBackingInfo ) :