- name: Gather all registered virtual machines
    vmware_vm_facts:
      validate_certs: no
      hostname: IPfromvCenter
      username: user
      password: PW
    register: vmfacts

"virtual_machines": {
    "Server1": {
        "esxi_hostname": "hostname",
        "guest_fullname": "Anderes 2.6.x Linux-System (64-Bit)",
        "ip_address": "Address",
        "mac_address": [
            "MAC1",
            "MAC2"
        ],
        "power_state": "poweredOn",
        "uuid": "uuid",
        "vm_network": {
            " MAC1": {
                "ipv4": [
                    "Address"
                ],
                "ipv6": [
                    "6Address"
                ]
            },
            " MAC2": {
                "ipv4": [],
                "ipv6": []
            }
        }
    },
    "Server2": {
        "esxi_hostname": "hostname",
        "guest_fullname": "Anderes 2.6.x Linux-System (64-Bit)",
        "ip_address": " Address ",
        "mac_address": [
            " MAC1",
            " MAC2"
        ],
        "power_state": "poweredOn",
        "uuid": " uuid ",
        "vm_network": {
            " MAC1": {
                "ipv4": [
                    " Address "
                ],
                "ipv6": [
                    "6Address "
                ]
            },
            "MAC2": {
                "ipv4": [
                    " Address "
                ],
                "ipv6": [
                    "6Address "
                ]
            }
        }
    },

- name: show name and uuid
    debug:
      msg: "{{ vmfacts | json_query('virtual_machines') }}"

"virtual_machines.[?contains(@, 'Server1')]"

"msg": "JMESPathError in json_query filter plugin:nExpecting: ['quoted_identifier', 'unquoted_identifier', 'lbracket', 'lbrace'], got: filter: Parse error at column 17, token "[?" (FILTER), for expression:n"virtual_machines.[?contains(@, 'Server1')]"n

{{ vmfacts | json_query('keys([?contains(virtual_machines, 'Server1')]') }}

"msg": "template error while templating string: expected token ',', got 'KURMI'. String: {{ vmfacts | json_query('keys([?contains(virtual_machines, 'Server1')]') }}"