DVportgroup name not retrieved

[jainn22]

SUMMARY

DVportgroup name not retrieved when using module vmware_host_facts or vmware_vmkernel_info It could be the case with other modules as well

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

vmware_host_facts vmware_vmkernel_info

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.10.8

COLLECTION VERSION

community.vmware 1.11.0
Also tested with 
community.vmware 1.9.0

CONFIGURATION

DEFAULT_ASK_PASS(/home/nilesh/ansible-collection/ansible.cfg) = False
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/home/nilesh/ansible-collection/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/nilesh/ansible-collection/inventory/inventory']
DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER(/home/nilesh/ansible-collection/ansible.cfg) = root

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS RHEL 8.4

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Define the variables and use example playbook defined on Ansible documentation.

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: true
  vars:
    vcenter_hostname: 'vc.abc.local'
    vcenter_username: '[email protected]'
    vcenter_password: 'password'
    esxi_hostname: 'esxi03.abc.local'
    datacenter_name: 'DC'
  tasks:
    - name: Gather VMKernel info about ESXi Host
      community.vmware.vmware_vmkernel_info:
        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
        username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
        password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
        esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
        validate_certs: no
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: host_vmks
    - debug:
         msg: '{{host_vmks}}'
    - name: Gather some info from a host using the vSphere API output schema
      community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
         hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
         username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
         password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
         esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
         validate_certs: no
         schema: vsphere
         properties:
      register: host_facts
    - debug:
          msg: '{{host_facts}}'

EXPECTED RESULTS

Portgroup name of VSS gets listed but not of DVport group. VMK1 is on DVportgroup. VMkernel facts ouput. { "device": "vmk0", "dhcp": false, "enable_ft": false, "enable_management": true, "enable_vmotion": false, "enable_vsan": false, "ipv4_address": "192.168.9.11", "ipv4_subnet_mask": "255.255.255.0", "key": "key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk0", "mac": "00:50:56:9d:69:ba", "mtu": 1500, "portgroup": "Management Network", "stack": "defaultTcpipStack" }, { "device": "vmk1", "dhcp": false, "enable_ft": false, "enable_management": false, "enable_vmotion": true, "enable_vsan": false, "ipv4_address": "192.168.9.12", "ipv4_subnet_mask": "255.255.255.0", "key": "key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk1", "mac": "00:50:56:6f:5a:23", "mtu": 1500, "portgroup": "vMotion Network", "stack": "defaultTcpipStack" } ]

host_facts output

{ "_vimtype": "vim.host.VirtualNic", "device": "vmk1", "key": "vSphereBackupNFC.key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk1", "port": null, "portgroup": "vMotion Network", "spec": { "_vimtype": "vim.host.VirtualNic.Specification", "distributedVirtualPort": { "_vimtype": "vim.dvs.PortConnection", "connectionCookie": 1824643360, "portKey": "6", "portgroupKey": "dvportgroup-12003", "switchUuid": "50 1d b6 70 a7 ab 70 f7-a6 ae 48 59 a2 57 75 e7" },

ACTUAL RESULTS

VMkernel facts ouput. { "device": "vmk0", "dhcp": false, "enable_ft": false, "enable_management": true, "enable_vmotion": false, "enable_vsan": false, "ipv4_address": "192.168.9.11", "ipv4_subnet_mask": "255.255.255.0", "key": "key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk0", "mac": "00:50:56:9d:69:ba", "mtu": 1500, "portgroup": "Management Network", "stack": "defaultTcpipStack" }, { "device": "vmk1", "dhcp": false, "enable_ft": false, "enable_management": false, "enable_vmotion": true, "enable_vsan": false, "ipv4_address": "192.168.9.12", "ipv4_subnet_mask": "255.255.255.0", "key": "key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk1", "mac": "00:50:56:6f:5a:23", "mtu": 1500, "portgroup": "", "stack": "defaultTcpipStack" } ]

host_facts output

{ "_vimtype": "vim.host.VirtualNic", "device": "vmk1", "key": "vSphereBackupNFC.key-vim.host.VirtualNic-vmk1", "port": null, "portgroup": "", "spec": { "_vimtype": "vim.host.VirtualNic.Specification", "distributedVirtualPort": { "_vimtype": "vim.dvs.PortConnection", "connectionCookie": 1824643360, "portKey": "6", "portgroupKey": "dvportgroup-12003", "switchUuid": "50 1d b6 70 a7 ab 70 f7-a6 ae 48 59 a2 57 75 e7" },

[vzovko]

I have the same issue.

I noticed in vCenter 7 MOB that the property portgroup is empty and this is the property that is read by the module. https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/blob/3e1a0dbf36cc2472f7c390a6a702ac6fbaf9d5fb/plugins/modules/vmware_vmkernel_info.py#L162

I think the portgroup name has to be looked up via the vnic.spec.distributedVirtualPort.portgroupKey and vnic.spec.distributedVirtualPort.switchUuid.

So the fix will be a little more complex.

[mpl241]

I also ran into this same problem today. It would be useful to see the port group for VMKernel ports connected to a DVS.

$ ansible --version
ansible 2.9.27
  config file = /home/user/.ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/user/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.6.8 (default, Mar 25 2022, 11:15:52) [GCC 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-10)]

$ grep version  ~/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/vmware/MANIFEST.json 
  "version": "2.2.0",