1.. _vmware_faq: 2 3****************** 4Ansible VMware FAQ 5****************** 6 7vmware_guest 8============ 9 10Can I deploy a virtual machine on a standalone ESXi server ? 11------------------------------------------------------------ 12 13Yes. ``vmware_guest`` can deploy a virtual machine with required settings on a standalone ESXi server. 14 15 16Is ``/vm`` required for ``vmware_guest`` module ? 17------------------------------------------------- 18 19Prior to Ansible version 2.5, ``folder`` was an optional parameter with a default value of ``/vm``. 20 21The folder parameter was used to discover information about virtual machines in the given infrastructure. 22 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. 27