Add VxRail Linux inventory playbook to enable easy gathering of Linux VM details from vCenter for management and automation purposes.

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get_vxrail_linux_inventory.yml

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+---
+- name: Gather Linux VM inventory from VxRail vCenter
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+    vcenter_hostname: "your_vcenter_ip"  # Replace with your vCenter IP or hostname
+    vcenter_username: "administrator@vsphere.local"  # Replace with your vCenter username
+    vcenter_password: "your_password"     # Replace with your vCenter password (use ansible-vault for security)
+    validate_certs: false                 # Set to true if you have valid certs
+    cluster_name: "your_cluster_name"     # Optional: Specify the VxRail cluster name if needed
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Gather information about all VMs in vCenter
+      community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
+        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
+        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
+        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
+        validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}"
+        cluster: "{{ cluster_name }}"       # Optional: Filter by cluster
+      register: vm_info
+
+    - name: Filter Linux VMs
+      set_fact:
+        linux_vms: "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | selectattr('guest_full_name', 'contains', 'Linux') | list }}"
+
+    - name: Display the Linux VM inventory
+      debug:
+        var: linux_vms
+
+    - name: Save Linux VM inventory to file
+      copy:
+        content: "{{ linux_vms | to_nice_json }}"
+        dest: /root/vxrail_linux_vm_inventory.json
+
+# Notes:
+# - Install the community.vmware collection: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware
+# - Ensure pyvmomi is installed on the control machine: pip install pyvmomi
+# - For production, secure passwords with ansible-vault or use environment variables.
+# - This playbook assumes connection to vCenter managing the VxRail cluster.