VM Created Successfully, but IP Not Set as Specified in Playbook

[Musthakeem-anwar]

Issue Type: Bug Report

Component Name: community.vmware.vmware_guest

Ansible Version: ansible [core 2.15.12]

VMware Collection Version: 5.4.0

Summary:
When creating a VM using the vmware_guest module with a static IP configuration, the VM is successfully created and powered on, but the specified IP is not assigned to the VM.

---

• name: Create a Linux VM from Template
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  collections:
  • community.vmware
    tasks:
  • name: start creating the VM
    vmware_guest:
    hostname: "{{ vcenterhost }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "{{ folder }}"
    template: "{{ template }}"
    name: "{{ machine_name }}"
    cluster: "{{ cluster }}"
    datastore: "{{ datastore }}"
    annotation: "{{ notes }}"
    hardware:
    memory_mb: "{{ memory_mb }}"
    num_cpus: " {{ num_cpus }}"
    networks:
    • name: "{{ network }}"
      type: static
      ip: "{{ ip_address }}"
      netmask: "{{ subnet }}"
      gateway: "{{ gateway }}"
      connected: true
      start_connected: true
      dns_servers:
      • "{{ primary_dns }}"
      • "{{ secondary_dns }}"
        customization:
        hostname: "{{ machine_name }}"
        dns_servers:
      • "{{ primary_dns }}"
      • "{{ secondary_dns }}"
        state: poweredon
        delegate_to: localhost
        register: vm_info

[ihumster]

What are the errors in customization logs?
Windows: C:\Windows\Temp\vmware-imc\guestcust.log or C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Tools\Logs\vmware-imc\guestcust.log
Linux: /var/log/vmware-imc/guestcust.log