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4Ansible VMware FAQ
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7vmware_guest
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10Can I deploy a virtual machine on a standalone ESXi server ?
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13Yes. ``vmware_guest`` can deploy a virtual machine with required settings on a standalone ESXi server.
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16Is ``/vm`` required for ``vmware_guest`` module ?
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19Prior to Ansible version 2.5, ``folder`` was an optional parameter with a default value of ``/vm``.
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21The folder parameter was used to discover information about virtual machines in the given infrastructure.
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23Starting with Ansible version 2.5, ``folder`` is still an optional parameter with no default value.
24This parameter will be now used to identify a user's virtual machine, if multiple virtual machines or virtual
25machine templates are found with same name. VMware does not restrict the system administrator from creating virtual
26machines with same name.
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