Find VM with the same name

Find VM with the same name

We want to make sure the VM only exists in the folder we want or not exists at all.

- name: Find VM with the same name
  vmware_guest_find:
    hostname: "{{ vmware_vm_vcenter.hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vmware_vm_vcenter.username }}"
    password: "{{ vmware_vm_vcenter.password }}"
    validate_certs: "{{ vmware_vm_vcenter.validate_certs | default(false) }}"
    name: "{{ vmware_vm_vm.name }}"
  register: find_vm
  delegate_to: localhost
  ignore_errors: true

- name: VM already exists.  Setup search string to match folder name.
  set_fact:
    find_vm_search_string: "{{ vmware_vm_vm.folder }}$"
  when: not find_vm.failed

- name: Make sure VM exists only in the desired folder
  assert:
    that:
    - find_vm.folders | length == 1
    - find_vm.folders[0] | regex_search( find_vm_search_string )
    fail_msg: "VM {{ vmware_vm_vm.name }} already exists {{ find_vm.folders | default() }}"
  when: not find_vm.faile