3.9.0 release

Minor Changes
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- vmware_guest - add support for configuring vMotion and FT encryption (ansible-collections#1069)
- vmware_host_datastore - added new datastore type 'vvol' for enabling creation/deletion of vVols datastores
- vmware_host_datastore - added new parameter resignature for supporting resignaturing an existing VMFS datastore on an imported/cloned LUN.
- vmware_vm_info -  Add `instance_uuid` to the result (ansible-collections#1805)

3.8.0 release

Major Changes
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- vmware_vasa - added a new module to register/unregister a VASA provider
- vmware_vasa_info - added a new module to gather the information about existing VASA provider(s)

Minor Changes
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- autoselect_datastore - add support to also look at NFS mounted filesystems (previously was just VMFS)

Bugfixes
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- vmware_deploy_ovf - Fix an issue with networks that are available on more than one cluster (ansible-collections#1590).
- vmware_guest_disk - Fix idempotency for `absent` disks (ansible-collections#1765).

New Modules
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- vmware_vasa - Manage VMware Virtual Volumes storage provider
- vmware_vasa_info - Gather information about vSphere VASA providers.

3.7.0 release

Minor Changes
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- vmware_cluster_drs_recommendations - Add the Module to apply the drs recommendations (ansible-collections#1736)
- vmware_guest_serial_port - add support for proxyURI parameter to enable use of a virtual serial port concentrator (ansible-collections#1742)

Bugfixes
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- Add missing modules to runtime.yml (ansible-collections#1764).
- vmware_vm_info - Add missing show_folder parameter (ansible-collections#1709).

New Modules
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- vmware_cluster_drs_recommendations - Apply DRS Recommendations
- vmware_vsan_release_catalog - Uploads the vSAN Release Catalog

3.6.0 release

Bugfixes
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- vmware_guest - Fixed issue where custom attributes were not getting set on VM creation (ansible-collections#1713)
- vmware_vsan_health_info - Fix return value (ansible-collections#1706).

New Modules
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- vsan_health_silent_checks - Silence vSAN health checks

3.5.0 release

Major Changes
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- Use true/false (lowercase) for boolean values in documentation and examples (ansible-collections#1660).

Minor Changes
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- vmware_migrate_vmk - Improve error handling (ansible-collections#1118).
- vmware_tag - Allow to use category names for tag management (ansible-collections#1614).
- vmware_tag_manager - Improve performance of tag attachments and detachments (ansible-collections#1603).
- vmware_tools - ansible_vmware_guest_uuid added for easier use of vmware_tools connection plugin with vmware_vm_inventory plugin
- vmware_vm_info - Add several parameters to skip discovering some information (ansible-collections#1682)

Bugfixes
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- vmware_cross_vc_clone - Fix SSL Thumbprint validation to ignore if destination_vcenter_validate_certs is false (ansible-collections#1433).
- vmware_guest - Fixes adding new NVDIMM device issue by connecting to ESXi host (ansible-collections#1644).
- vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone - Fix vim.fault.NotAuthenticated issue (ansible-collections#1223).
- vmware_guest_cross_vc_clone - New parameter timeout in order to allow clone running longer than 1 hour
- vmware_tag - Fix a performance issue during tag processing (ansible-collections#1603).

New Modules
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- vmware_vsan_hcl_db - Manages the vSAN Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) database

3.4.0 release

Minor Changes
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- vmware_guest_disk - Add support for IDE disk add, remove or reconfigure, and change to gather same VM disk info as in vmware_guest_disk_info (ansible-collections#1428).
- vmware_guest_disk - Extend return value documentation for vmware_guest_disk (ansible-collections#1641)
- vmware_guest_disk_info - Move gather VM disk info function to vm_device_helper.py (ansible-collections#1617)
- vmware_vmotion - New parameter timeout in order to allow vmotions running longer than 1 hour (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pulls/1629).

Bugfixes
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- scenario guides - Fix broken references (ansible-collections#1610).
- various - Fix new pylint issues (ansible-collections#1637).
- vmware_cluster_info - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_dvswitch - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_dvswitch_lacp - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_dvswitch_uplink_pg - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_guest_custom_attributes - Fixes assigning attributes to new VMs (ansible-collections#1606).
- vmware_guest_disk - Fix wrong key in the documentation of the return values (ansible-collections#1615)
- vmware_object_rename - Add missing quotation mark to error message (ansible-collections#1633)
- vmware_portgroup - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_vcenter_settings - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_vcenter_statistics - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).

2.10.4 release

Bugfixes
--------

- scenario guides - Fix broken references (ansible-collections#1610).
- various - Fix new pylint issues (ansible-collections#1638).
- vmware_cluster_info - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_dvswitch - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_dvswitch_lacp - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_dvswitch_uplink_pg - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_guest_disk - Fix wrong key in the documentation of the return values (ansible-collections#1615)
- vmware_portgroup - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_vcenter_settings - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).
- vmware_vcenter_statistics - Fix pylint issues (ansible-collections#1618).

3.3.0 release

Minor Changes
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- vmware_cluster_drs - Add predictive DRS Setting (ansible-collections#1542).
- vmware_guest_network - Add PVRDMA network adapter type (ansible-collections#1579).

Bugfixes
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- vmware_cluster_dpm - Fix an issue that the slider and the values of the host_power_action_rate works invertet in the vCenter
- vmware_cluster_drs - Fix drs_vmotion_rate so that the value corresponds to the vCenter UI. Previously, choosing 1 / 2 configured a migration threshold of 5 / 4 and vice versa (ansible-collections#1542).
- vmware_guest - Fix check mode (ansible-collections#1272).
- vmware_host_lockdown_exceptions - Avoid setting exception users to what they already are (ansible-collections#1585).
- vmware_tools - Fix an issue with pyVmomi 8.0.0.1 (ansible-collections#1578).

New Modules
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- vmware_guest_vgpu_info - Gather information about vGPU profiles of the specified virtual machine in the given vCenter infrastructure

2.10.3 release

Bugfixes
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- vmware_tools - Fix an issue with pyVmomi 8.0.0.1 (ansible-collections#1578).

3.2.0 release

Minor Changes
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- vmware_guest - Add sub-option to configure virtual performance counters (ansible-collections#1511).
- vmware_guest - Adding sub-options to configure CPU and memory shares (ansible-collections#356).
- vmware_guest_boot_manager - Add a new parameter boot_hdd_name to specify the boot disk name(ansible-collections#1543).
- vmware_guest_custom_attributes - Improve the code quality and added the return value for diff(ansible-collections#1532).
- vmware_vm_info - Adding resource pool of the VM to result (ansible-collections#1551).

Bugfixes
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- vmware_dvs_portgroup - Fix an issue when deleting portgroups (ansible-collections#1522).
- vmware_guest_instant_clone - Fix an issue with pyVmomi 8.0.0.1 (ansible-collections#1555).
- vmware_host_lockdown - Fix issue `'VmwareLockdownManager' object has no attribute 'warn'` (ansible-collections#1540).
- vmware_object_custom_attributes_info - Fixed an issue that has occurred an error if a custom attribute is the global type(ansible-collections#1541).
- vmware_portgroup_info - Fix an issue that can fail the module after manually updating a portgroup through vCenter (ansible-collections#1544).

New Modules
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- vmware_custom_attribute - Manage custom attributes definitions
- vmware_custom_attribute_manager - Manage custom attributes from VMware for the given vSphere object