get_uuid.yml

- hosts: all
  gather_facts: yes
  tasks:
  - name: Getting VMWARE UUID
    vmware_guest_info:
      validate_certs: no
      hostname: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_HOST') }}"
      username: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_USER') }}"
      password: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_PASSWORD') }}"
      validate_certs: no
      datacenter: datacenter
      name: "{{vm_name}}"
      schema: "vsphere"
      properties:
    register: vminfo
    delegate_to: localhost
  - name: Rename virtual machine from old name to new name
    vmware_guest:
      hostname: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_HOST') }}"
      username: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_USER') }}"
      password: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_PASSWORD') }}"
      validate_certs: False
      cluster: ClusterA
      uuid: "{{ vminfo.instance.config.uuid }}"
      name: "{{new_vm_name}}"
  - name: Perform storage vMotion of of virtual machine to DS to rename disk
    vmware_vmotion:
      hostname: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_HOST') }}"
      username: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_USER') }}"
      password: "{{ lookup('env','VMWARE_PASSWORD') }}"
      validate_certs: no
      vm_name: "{{new_vm_name}}"
      destination_datastore: '{{datastore}}'