Problem using snapshot_id while using module vmware_guest_snapshot

[Rakesh2904]

SUMMARY

While using snapshot_id to delete the snapshot using module vmware_guest_snapshot , I get the below error

ISSUE TYPE

• "Unsupported parameters for (vmware_guest_snapshot) module: snapshot_id Supported parameters include: datacenter, description, folder, hostname, memory_dump, moid, name, name_match, new_description, new_snapshot_name, password, port, proxy_host, proxy_port, quiesce, remove_children, snapshot_name, state, use_instance_uuid, username, uuid, validate_certs",

COMPONENT NAME

ANSIBLE VERSION

2.9.27

COLLECTION VERSION

ansible-galaxy collection list | grep community.vmware
community.vmware                         4.1.0

CONFIGURATION

python version = 3.8.16

OS / ENVIRONMENT

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTUAL RESULTS

[Rakesh2904]

The reason for me to try and use snapshot_id is because when snapshot_name is like this 'VM Snapshot 05/11/2024, 14:20:05' and when I try to delete it I get the error '"msg": "Couldn't find any snapshots with specified name: VM Snapshot 05/11/2024, 14:20:05 on VM: <vm_name>".

Also this name is fetched dynamically inside the play and the json result is as below

"guest_snapshots": {
"snapshots": [
{
"id": 164,
"name": "VM Snapshot 05%2f11%2f2024, 14:20:05",
"description": "This is a test snapshot, can be deleted any time",
"creation_time": "2024-11-05T08:50:20.310483+00:00",
"state": "poweredOff"
},

But I've tried to delete the snapshot by hard coding the snapshot name by copy pasting directly from vCenter to the task but still I've the same error.

So I'd need to have a fix to have to delete snapshot when name is like this or using snapshot_id

[sky-joker]

Hi @Rakesh2904

I noticed that your Ansible version is outdated.
If possible, could you provide the trace log using the command below?

ansible-playbook -i INVENTORY PLAYBOOK -vvv

This will help me confirm whether the path to the module being called by Ansible is correct.

[Rakesh2904]

Hello @sky-joker

Below are the details

ansible-playbook 2.9.27
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/home/runner/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
python version = 3.8.16 (default, May 31 2023, 12:44:21) [GCC 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-18)]

---

{
"msg": "Unable to manage snapshots for non-existing VM <vm_name>",
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"hostname": "",
"username": "",
"password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"validate_certs": false,
"datacenter": "",
"folder": "",
"name": "<vm_name>",
"snapshot_name": "VM Snapshot 04/12/2024, 09:15:39",
"state": "absent",
"port": 443,
"name_match": "first",
"use_instance_uuid": false,
"description": "",
"quiesce": false,
"memory_dump": false,
"remove_children": false,
"proxy_host": null,
"proxy_port": null,
"uuid": null,
"moid": null,
"new_snapshot_name": null,
"new_description": null
}
},
"_ansible_no_log": false,
"changed": false
}