v3.3

This is release v3.3. Please refer to changelog for more details.

What's Changed

• [Linux] Add new test case power_operation_scripts by @ZouYuhua in #622
• [Linux] improvement for new case power_operation_scripts by @ZouYuhua in #629
• [Windows] fix the undefined error when checking the failure_msg for windows online update installation by @123lzxm in #631
• [Windows] fix the error for minus operation by @123lzxm in #632
• [Linux] Fix issue caused by DNF version bump on Fedora 41 by @keirazhang in #630
• [Linux] Update cloud-init services for version 24.3 or later by @keirazhang in #633
• Update vmtools_url_path with VMTools 12.5.0 ISO URL by @Winnie81 in #634
• [Linux] Fix power_operation_scripts failures by @ZouYuhua in #635
• [Windows] change ESXi bundled VMware Tools support status for 32bit VM by @Tomorrow9 in #636
• [Windows] add workaround for disk enable UUID not exist known issue on ESXi 7.0.3 by @Tomorrow9 in #637
• [Linux] Mount CDROM device with state=ephemeral for adding local DVD repo by @keirazhang in #638
• Update online repo for centos-stream-10 by @linhuali in #639
• Update gdm setting for Fedora by @linhuali in #640
• Set vmtools_is_installed with vm_tools_version_status by @keirazhang in #641
• [Linux] Update all mount and unmount operations without fstab changing by @keirazhang in #642
• [Windows] change VMware Tools ISO path to VM folder on ESXi host by @Tomorrow9 in #644
• [Windows] Update drivers manufacturer info installed by VMware Tools by @Tomorrow9 in #645
• [FreeBSD]power_operation_scripts failed on FreeBSD 13.x and 14.x with OVT installed from source by @ZouYuhua in #646
• [Windows] Add new test case 'power_operation_scripts' by @ZouYuhua in #649
• [Plugin] Set test case to Blocked when env setup and installing tools failed by @keirazhang in #650
• Add owner and group for creating local directory by @keirazhang in #651
• [Linux] Check python version to install python3-rpm package by @keirazhang in #652
• [Windows] Enable timesync with ESXi host before verifying SAML token by @keirazhang in #654
• [Linux] Get cloud-init services list by searching services fact by @keirazhang in #653
• [Linux] Dynamically set expected guest id and full name for checking guest info by @keirazhang in #655
• Enable guest IP hack with vmware_host_config_manager module by @keirazhang in #658
• Update deploy_vm test case full name in log plugin by @keirazhang in #659
• [Windows] Remove appx package for Windows client before GOSC by @Tomorrow9 in #660
• [Windows] change to reboot after Windows online updates installed by @Tomorrow9 in #657
• Fix the variable checking for ova_nfs_server_path at env_setup by @keirazhang in #661
• [Windows] Add enable BitLocker and clear TPM test by @Tomorrow9 in #656
• [Windows] add reboot parameter for module win_updates by @123lzxm in #664
• Increase kern.kstack_pages for 32bit FreeBSD by @keirazhang in #662
• [Linux] Check VM guest info with compatible hardware versions and VMware Tools by @keirazhang in #663
• Add assertion for checking GOSC result and check VM power state before collecting Linux GOSC logs by @keirazhang in #666
• [FreeBSD] Get rid of TOTAL SYSTEM STORAGE in output of listing disks by @keirazhang in #667
• Set ESXi CPU code name from EVC mode key by @keirazhang in #672
• Ignore unreachable error for vCenter Server SSH connection by @keirazhang in #669
• [Linux] Disable ProLinux online repos because they are not reachable by @keirazhang in #671
• [Windows] add retry for the failure caused by I/O device error when enabling Bitlocker in guest OS by @Tomorrow9 in #668
• [Windows] refine test cases in folder vhba_hot_add_remove by @Tomorrow9 in #665
• [Windows] ignore error when fetching GOSC log files from guest OS to local by vm_guest_file_operation.yml by @Tomorrow9 in #673
• [FreeBSD 13] Apply dndcp patch for compiling open-vm-tools by @keirazhang in #674
• [Windows] add appx package to be removed before doing GOSC testing by @Tomorrow9 in #675
• [Windows] Fix undefined variable issues by @Tomorrow9 in #676
• [Linux] Fix deploy_vm failure for 32bit FreeBSD releases by @keirazhang in #670
• [Windows] add condition of NVME known issue on Windows Server 2025 by @Tomorrow9 in #677
• [Plugin] Add task reason to extracted error message by @keirazhang in #679
• [Linux] Support SLES 16 automation testing on existing VM by @keirazhang in #680
• Replace "include" with "include_tasks" in testcase power_operation_scripts by @ZouYuhua in #683
• [FreeBSD] Use GNOME as FreeBSD 64bit desktop environment by @keirazhang in #682
• [Linux] Update GOSC network config file for SLES 16 by @keirazhang in #684
• [FreeBSD] Enable auto login in slim for FreeBSD GNOME by @keirazhang in #685
• [Windows] Add quotes in the MSI arguments in VMware Tools silent install command by @Tomorrow9 in #688
• Test ssh connection after ESXi, VMTools and guest compatibilty check by @keirazhang in #687
• Update vm_ova_path for windows by @linhuali in #690
• [Linux] Increase Debian VM's video memory to 8 MB by @keirazhang in #689
• [Linux] Correct OS release version in check_inbox_driver collected info by @keirazhang in #686
• [Linux] Support SLES 16.0 and openSUSE Leap 16.0 autoinstall by @keirazhang in #692
• Fix GOSC support matrix for Pardus 23.x Server 2 of 23 by @ZouYuhua in #693
• Update ovf_deploy.yml to reconfigure vcpu and memory by @linhuali in #695
• [ARM] Set CPU and memory hotadd test case results to not supported on ARM ESXi host by @Tomorrow9 in #694
• [Linux] Fix Ubuntu 25.04 Server autoinstall crashes when installing ndctl and rdma packages by @ZouYuhua in #697
• [ARM] add executable bin file for ARM platform in test case check_quiesce_snapshot_custom_script by @Tomorrow9 in #696
• [Linux] Remove serial port before PVRDMA testing by @keirazhang in #698...

v3.2

This is release v3.2. Please refer to changelog for more details.

What's Changed

• [Linux] Add cdrom repo when testing ovt_verify_install for Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux by @ZouYuhua in #546
• [Pardus 23.1 Server] fix autoinstall issue for pardus 23.1 server by @ZouYuhua in #545
• [Windows]Set AvailableSecurityProperties for different OS versions by @123lzxm in #549
• [Linux] Skip vmtoolsd and vgauthd status checking when they are upheld in Flatcar by @keirazhang in #548
• Change conditions of IP address checking in vm_get_ip.yml by @Tomorrow9 in #550
• [Windows] Install online Windows Updates by @123lzxm in #552
• [Pardus] Fix pardus gosc matrix by @ZouYuhua in #553
• Display ESXi model, CPU model and code name at deploy_vm failure by @keirazhang in #554
• [Linux] Update GOSC testing support status for Miracle Linux by @ZouYuhua in #555
• [Windows] Fix known issue caused by Appx package in GOSC test cases by @Tomorrow9 in #557
• Changes for Windows Server unattend xml files by @Tomorrow9 in #551
• [Linux] Collect dmesg, /var/log/messages and journals at virtual devices, firmwares tests failure by @keirazhang in #558
• [Windows] Remove old base snapshot when reset base snapshot by @Tomorrow9 in #560
• [OpenSUSE Leap] ovt_verify_install failed on opensuse-15.6-BETA-64bit by @ZouYuhua in #561
• Update vmtools_url_path with VMTools 12.4.0 ISO URL by @Winnie81 in #563
• [Windows] Skip VBS test for guest OS with lower hardware version by @123lzxm in #562
• Add check VMware services after VMware Tools install by @Tomorrow9 in #559
• [RHCOS] Fix systemd could not find the requested service 'firewalld.service' by @keirazhang in #564
• [Linux] Increase video memory to 8MB for Ubuntu desktop VM by @keirazhang in #565
• Limit screenshot text extraction only at deploy_vm failure by @keirazhang in #566
• [Linux] update get_system_firmware.yml to get system firmware for FreeBSD by @keirazhang in #567
• [Linux] Update open-vm-tools test cases by @keirazhang in #568
• [Linux] Skip disabling firewalld.service for Amazon Linux by @keirazhang in #570
• [Linux] Update packagelist_file in VMware Photon OS kickstart by @keirazhang in #571
• [Linux] Split pre and post tasks out from open-vm-tools installation by @keirazhang in #569
• [CentOS Stream] support centOS Stream in ansible. by @ZouYuhua in #573
• [Windows] Install SSU firstly in test case windows_update_install by @123lzxm in #572
• [Windows] Skip MDAG test for build greater than 26052 by @123lzxm in #574
• Update guestinfo_detailed_data on newer vSphere with latest VMware Tools by @keirazhang in #576
• [FreeBSD 13 32bit] Fix autoinstall failure due to no kde5 package from quarterly repo by @ZouYuhua in #577
• [Linux] Support to test installing open-vm-tools from source on Debian family OS by @keirazhang in #575
• [Windows] Fix OS in-place upgrade issues from Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 by @Tomorrow9 in #578
• [FreeBSD 32bit] Remove kde5 for FreeBSD 13&14 32bit by @ZouYuhua in #579
• [FreeBSD]fix: install open-vm-tools-nox11 by mistake for freebsd 64bit by @ZouYuhua in #580
• [Linux] Support to test installing open-vm-tools from source on FreeBSD by @keirazhang in #582
• [Linux] Update Photon OS GPG key file to 4096 bit by @keirazhang in #581
• Correct guest info guest id in results.log and guest_info.json by @keirazhang in #583
• Fix undefiend error for null list by @123lzxm in #584
• [Windows] fix issue in win_get_driver_installer.yml by @Tomorrow9 in #586
• [FreeBSD] Fix the ping issue for FreeBSD by @ZouYuhua in #585
• [FreeBSD 14] Missing the desktop cause the failure of testcase ovt_verify_status at detecting vmtoolsd user process by @ZouYuhua in #587
• [Windows] Add retry to decrypt bitlocker volume by @123lzxm in #588
• [OpenSUSE] ovt_verify_pkg_install is failed and undefined variable is reported in ovt_verify_pkg_install by @ZouYuhua in #590
• Change docker images' path by @Tomorrow9 in #591
• [FreeBSD 13] fix ovt_status issue for FreeBSD 13 64bit by @ZouYuhua in #589
• Print error message when failed to get ESXi server config properties by @keirazhang in #595
• Add new test case host_verify_saml_token by @keirazhang in #593
• Force to install latest required packages on Photon OS by @keirazhang in #592
• [Windows] Add removing Copilot appx package before running GOSC test cases by @Tomorrow9 in #596
• [Linux] Add support for RHEL 10 and CentOS 10 by @keirazhang in #597
• [Linux] Skip LSILogic and LSILogicSAS testing for RHCOS 4.16.0 or later by @keirazhang in #599
• [Linux] Check guest has GUI from display-manager service or running Xorg or Xwayland process by @keirazhang in #598
• [Windows] Add new test case windows_online_updates_install by @Tomorrow9 in #594
• update autoinst.xml without separate /home partition for opensuse/sle-15.6 by @linhuali in #603
• [Linux] Mask packagekit service for Suse family OS by @ZouYuhua in #602
• Update vmtools_url_path with VMTools 12.4.5 ISO URL by @Winnie81 in #604
• Remove deprecated OS from GOS support list by @ZouYuhua in #605
• [Linux] Support to test installing open-vm-tools from source on Suse family OS by @keirazhang in #601
• [Linux] Fix PVRDMA failure due to server VM or client VM IP changed for Ubuntu by @keirazhang in #600
• [Windows] Take screenshots before and during guest OS install for debugging by @Tomorrow9 in #606
• Replace VMware KB links with Broadcom KB links by @keirazhang in #609
• Change to skip running included tasks when condition not meet and refine unnecessary filter by @Tomorrow9 in #607
• [Linux] Update GOSC test scope and handle known issues with workaround by @keirazhang in #608
• [Windows] Change to use setup.exe for new VMware Tools release by @Tomorrow9 in #611
• Add autoinstall support for Fedora Workstation by @linhuali in #612
• Update ks...

v3.1

This is release v3.1. Please refer to changelog for more details.

What's Changed

• [Linux] Update known issue condition for unmapped guest full name by @keirazhang in #507
• [FreeBSD 13] Cannot mix incompatible Qt library (5.15.8) with this library (5.15.10) by @ZouYuhua in #508
• Update vmtools_url_path with VMTools 12.3.5 ISO URL by @Winnie81 in #510
• [Windows] Add wait time for downloading WSL distribution by @123lzxm in #511
• Increase time out for waiting Linux GOSC finished message by @keirazhang in #512
• Add support for FusionOS 22 and 23 by @linhuali in #514
• [MiracleLinux] check_os_fullname failed for MiracleLinux-8.x with latest VMware Tools by @ZouYuhua in #513
• [Windows] Disable BitLocker before GOSC by @123lzxm in #515
• [Linux] Print more installer logs for Debian installer at early and late commands by @keirazhang in #509
• [Windows] Add new test case vtpm_cold_add_remove by @Tomorrow9 in #516
• [Windows] Add check usernames of vmtoolsd processes by @Tomorrow9 in #517
• [Windows] Change the default value for ANSIBLE_WIN_ASYNC_STARTUP_TIMEOUT to 10 sencods when installing VMware Tools by @123lzxm in #518
• [Windows] Fix missing rescue task name issue by @Tomorrow9 in #521
• Fix issue: memory_hot_add_basic: 'current_testcase_name' is undefined at test_rescue by @ZouYuhua in #520
• [Windows] Fix incorrect user and sysprep error in GOSC test cases by @Tomorrow9 in #519
• [Linux] Fix autoinstall issue for SLED 15 SP6 Beta2 by @keirazhang in #524
• [Windows] Fix conditional check failure by @Tomorrow9 in #522
• [Windows] Fix test case 'gosc_sanity_dhcp' failure by @Tomorrow9 in #526
• set secureboot_enable_disable as not supported for MiracleLinux-8.x by @ZouYuhua in #527
• [Windows] Add a new tasks file for Windows Updates installation by @Tomorrow9 in #523
• Get VM primary mac address after VM power on by @keirazhang in #529
• [Windows] Install windows update patch by msu file by @123lzxm in #525
• Change word powershell to PowerShell by @123lzxm in #530
• [Linux] Add variables for installing FusionOS with static IP address by @keirazhang in #531
• Fix issues reported from Windows Server v23H2 testing by @Tomorrow9 in #532
• Extract text from screenshot at test failure and errors from VM logs by @keirazhang in #528
• [Linux] Fix test issue for Flatcar 3760.2.0 by @keirazhang in #536
• Remove task changed check in common task file vm_create.yml by @Tomorrow9 in #537
• Add current_test_timestamp at test_setup as a common variable by @keirazhang in #535
• [Windows] Add getting VMware Snapshot Provider service status in test case check_quiesce_snapshot by @Tomorrow9 in #539
• Fix snapshot remove null error by @123lzxm in #540
• [Linux] Support autoinstall for Kylin Server 10 by @ZouYuhua in #534
• [Linux] Fix v3.1 regression test issues for deploy_vm, GOSC and waiting ESXi portgroup by @keirazhang in #541
• Update license copyright year(s) by @Tomorrow9 in #543
• Update Docker image for v3.1 by @keirazhang in #542

Full Changelog: v3.0...v3.1

v3.0

This is release v3.0. Please refer to changelog for more details.

What's Changed

• Add vars and tasks to support VGAuth guest operation testing by @keirazhang in #465
• Check VMware Tools version after OVA/OVF deployment without poweron by @ZouYuhua in #469
• Skip secureboot and nvdimm testing for guest OS not supporting them by @keirazhang in #470
• [Windows]Enable Credential Guard for Windows Server by @123lzxm in #471
• Change the boot disk to be first in boot order for ubuntu 23.04 desktop after deploy_vm by @ZouYuhua in #473
• [New Feature][openSUSE] Support openSUSE autoinstall by @linhuali in #475
• Add parameter esxi_hostname to vm_create by @ZouYuhua in #476
• check basesnapshot in env_setup by @123lzxm in #472
• [Linux] Fix Debian 12 auto installation failure by @keirazhang in #474
• [ansible-vsphere-gos-validation] Remove cdrom ISO before running cloud-init GOSC test cases for Ubuntu OVA by @ZouYuhua in #478
• [Linux] Fix cloud-init GOSC failure on Ubuntu and Photon OS by @keirazhang in #479
• [Windows] Update URL for downloading ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1 by @keirazhang in #480
• [Windows] Exit ansible test if tools installation failed by @123lzxm in #481
• [Linux] Replace install_linux_esx with linux_flavor for Photon OS autoinstall by @keirazhang in #482
• Update checking guest_os_ansible_distribution is Flatcar by @Winnie81 in #484
• [ansible-vsphere-gos-validation] Support ansible testcases for FreeBSD by @ZouYuhua in #483
• Add support for BCLinux 8.x and BCLinux-for-Euler 21.10 by @linhuali in #485
• Ignore esxi_hostname at VM creation when vcenter_hostname is not defined by @keirazhang in #486
• [Linux] Correct ovt_packages for Linux guest OS with desktop by @keirazhang in #487
• [Linux] Shutdown guest OS after auto install completes instead of rebooting by @keirazhang in #489
• Support RHEL CoreOS automation testing by @keirazhang in #477
• Print error message when reverting VM snapshot failed by @keirazhang in #493
• [Linux] Set VM boot order before vHBA testing and test file read/write on new disk by @keirazhang in #491
• Fix #421 Use vmware_guest_disk module to add IDE boot disk by @keirazhang in #492
• [Windows] fix undefine error for guest_os_with_inbox_drivers in network case by @123lzxm in #494
• [Linux] Add known issue for PVRDMA hot-remove failure on Oracle Linux 8.8 by @keirazhang in #490
• [Pardus] Support ansible testcases for Pardus 21.x by @ZouYuhua in #495
• [Pardus] the offical repo is changed for pardus 23.0 by @ZouYuhua in #496
• [FreeBSD] command "newfs" doesn't work well in freebsd 13.2 32bit by @ZouYuhua in #488
• Fix empty hardware version in collected OVF config info and guest_info.json by @keirazhang in #497
• Update vmtools url path with VMTools 12.3.0 ISO URL by @Winnie81 in #499
• [Linux] Check vmtools_log_dir is defined before using in check_os_fullname by @keirazhang in #498
• [FreeBSD 14] The default nvme disk name is changed in FreeBSD 14 which cause the failure for autoinstall by @ZouYuhua in #500
• [Windows] fix undefine error of WSL by @123lzxm in #503
• [Linux] Check guest OS full name when short-name is set by @keirazhang in #502
• Fix dict item names in community.vmware.vmware_vm_config_option result by @keirazhang in #501
• [Linux] Fix undefined variables at rescue or always block when test_setup failed by @keirazhang in #504
• [Ubuntu 23.10] Fix package installation failure at deploy_vm by @keirazhang in #505
• Update documentations for v3.0 by @keirazhang in #506

New Contributors

• @linhuali made their first contribution in #475

Full Changelog: v2.3...v3.0

v2.3

This is release v2.3. Please refer to changelog for more details.

What's Changed

• skip test case secureboot_enable_disable when VBS is enabled by @123lzxm in #415
• Fix empty CloudInit Version and GUI Installed in results.log by @keirazhang in #417
• change msg.autoanswer to msg.autoAnswer by @123lzxm in #420
• [Linux] Improve check_os_fullname test case to check guest id and guest family by @keirazhang in #419
• [Windows] add check driver version in test case check_inbox_driver by @Tomorrow9 in #422
• [Linux] Collect Linux OVA configs at OVA deployment by @keirazhang in #423
• [Windows]wsl for windows server by @123lzxm in #412
• Add new test case stat_hosttime for Windows by @123lzxm in #424
• [Linux] Check vCenter Server is defined before PVRDMA testing by @keirazhang in #426
• [Windows] fix variable 'boot_disk_label' not defined issue in test case nvdimm_cold_add_remove by @Tomorrow9 in #427
• Fix waiting IPv4 address failure when hw_eth0.ipaddresses is null by @keirazhang in #430
• Fix the issue that PVRDMA client VM has same IP address with server VM by @keirazhang in #428
• [Windows] Add a new windows test case of MDAG by @123lzxm in #432
• save the powershell result before using it in when condition by @123lzxm in #434
• Update 12.2.0 vmtools_url_path and vmtools_iso_path for Windows by @Winnie81 in #436
• Update cloud-init GOSC complete message when version >= 23.1 by @keirazhang in #441
• [FreeBSD] suppport unattended install for freebsd by @ZouYuhua in #425
• [FreeBSD ]modify README file to add note about freeBSD auto-install by @ZouYuhua in #443
• [Ubuntu 20.04 desktop] Failed to deploy ubuntu 20.04.6 desktop VM with bios by @ZouYuhua in #445
• [windows]change the tools version for known issue in OS in-place upgrade by @123lzxm in #444
• fix issue: guest_os_family is undefined by @ZouYuhua in #446
• Update log plugin to support more than one test case runs by @keirazhang in #437
• [Log plugin] Fix align character for test case index by @keirazhang in #448
• Remove "Read vars_file" for every playbook by @Winnie81 in #447
• Fix 370 redirecting types and deprecation warnings by @yanhuih2022 in #433
• [ubuntu 23.04 live server] fix issue: unknown keyboard variable "us" for layout "us" by @ZouYuhua in #450
• [Linux] Fix test issue for Ubuntu 23.04 by @keirazhang in #453
• [Linux] Upgrade cloud-init in Oracle Linux 8.7 and 9.1 for cloud-init GOSC by @yanhuih2022 in #449
• Set VM primary NIC MAC address at env_setup or deploy_vm by @keirazhang in #454
• [Windows] add hardwarwe version check for nvme1.3 by @123lzxm in #455
• Support VMware Photon OS 5.0 automation tests by @keirazhang in #452
• Add handling VBS known issue on ESXi 7.0.3 by @Tomorrow9 in #429
• [Windows] Get files under recursive directory by @123lzxm in #456
• [Windows] Ignore the result check for getting process vmmemmdag by @123lzxm in #451
• [Windows] Move adding KMS server task at the beginning of deploy_vm.yml by @Tomorrow9 in #458
• [Windows] Fix variables undefined error during deploying VM by @123lzxm in #459
• Support autoinstall for ubuntu 23.04 desktop by @ZouYuhua in #457
• [Windows] nvme hot extend issue fixed in ESXi 8.0U1 by @123lzxm in #461
• Add back VMware Photon OS 5.0 online repo photon.repo by @keirazhang in #463
• [Pardus] suppport unattended install for Pardus 21.x by @ZouYuhua in #462
• Enable Debian online repo for installing open-vm-tools dependencies by @keirazhang in #464
• fix issue 397: move check_vm_settings.yml to be executed after revert… by @ZouYuhua in #466
• Update changelogs, README and Dockerfile for v2.3 release by @keirazhang in #468

Full Changelog: v2.2...v2.3

v2.2

This is release v2.2. Please refer to changelog for more details.
Note:
New test case linux/network_device_ops/pvrdma_network_device_ops.yml depends on this pull request ansible-collections/community.vmware#1583, which will be included in community.vmware v3.3.

v2.1

This is release v2.1. Please refer to changelog in changelogs folder for more details.

v2.0

This is release v2.0. Please refer to changelog in changelogs folder for more details.

v1.3

This is release v1.3. Please refer to changelog in changelogs folder for more details.

v1.2

This is release v1.2. Please refer to changelog in changelogs folder for more details.