---

- name: Create VM
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no

  vars:
    vcenter_server: xxx.xx.xx.xx
    vcenter_user: admin@vsphere.local
    vcenter_pass: xxxxxx

  tasks:
    - set_fact:
        vm_name: "ansible_test"
        datacenter_name: "DC01"
        cluster_name: "Test Cluster"
        vm_folder: /Non-Production/Test Servers
        esxi_hostname: my_host
        memory: 1024
        cpu: 2

    - name: Crete new VM
      vmware_guest:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
        validate_certs: no
        folder: "{{ vm_folder }}"
        name: "{{ vm_name }}"
        state: poweredon
        guest_id: centos64Guest
        esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
        datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
        disk:
          - size_gb: 40
            type: thin
            datastore: UXEM Datastore 5
            autoselect_datastore: yes
        hardware:
          memory_mb: "{{ memory }}"
          num_cpus: "{{ cpu }}"
          scsi: lsilogic
        wait_for_ip_address: yes
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: deploy_vm

...


[root@DCOPANSIAP01 playbooks]# ansible-playbook vmware_create_vm.yml -vvv
ansible-playbook 2.7.7
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 2.7.5 (default, Sep 12 2018, 05:31:16) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)]
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
/etc/ansible/hosts did not meet host_list requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected
/etc/ansible/hosts did not meet script requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected
Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin

PLAYBOOK: vmware_create_vm.yml *****************************************************************************************************************************************
1 plays in vmware_create_vm.yml

PLAY [Reconfigure VM] **************************************************************************************************************************************************
META: ran handlers

TASK [set_fact] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /etc/ansible/playbooks/vmware_create_vm.yml:13
ok: [localhost] => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "cluster_name": "Test Cluster",
        "cpu": 2,
        "datacenter_name": "DC01",
        "esxi_hostname": "my_host",
        "memory": 1024,
        "vm_folder": "/Non-Production/Test Servers",
        "vm_name": "ansible_test"
    },
    "changed": false
}

TASK [Crete new VM] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /etc/ansible/playbooks/vmware_create_vm.yml:22
<localhost> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~root && sleep 0'
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1551202153.43-45324044914895 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1551202153.43-45324044914895="` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1551202153.43-45324044914895 `" ) && sleep 0'
Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py
<localhost> PUT /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-113215A8Leqx/tmp_9MrJa TO /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1551202153.43-45324044914895/AnsiballZ_vmware_guest.py
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1551202153.43-45324044914895/ /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1551202153.43-45324044914895/AnsiballZ_vmware_guest.py && sleep 0'
<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python2 /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1551202153.43-45324044914895/AnsiballZ_vmware_guest.py && sleep 0'