rename_vm.yml

- name: get list of facts
  vmware_guest_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vc_name }}'
    username: '{{ vc_user }}'
    password: '{{ vc_pwd }}'
    datacenter: "{{ dc_name }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    folder: "{{ dc_folder }}"
    validate_certs: False
  register: vm_facts

- set_fact:
    vm_uuid: "{{ vm_facts.instance.instance_uuid }}"
    
- name: Rename virtual machine from old name to new name using UUID
  gather_facts: no
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
  - name: Rename oldVM to newVM
    vmware_guest:
      hostname: "{{ lookup('env','VCENTER_HOSTNAME') }}"
      username: "{{ lookup('env','VCENTER_USER') }}"
      password: "{{ lookup('env','VCENTER_PASSWORD') }}"
      validate_certs: False
      cluster: "{{ cluster_name }}"
      uuid: "{{ vm_uuid }}"
      name: "{{ new_vm_name }}"

  - name: Perform storage vMotion of of virtual machine to DS to rename disk
    vmware_vmotion:
      hostname: "{{ lookup('env','VCENTER_HOSTNAME') }}"
      username: "{{ lookup('env','VCENTER_USER') }}"
      password: "{{ lookup('env','VCENTER_PASSWORD') }}"
      validate_certs: no
      vm_name: '{{new_vm_name}}'
      destination_datastore: '{{datastore}}'