vsphere_copy: copy files between datastores

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SUMMARY

vsphere_copy support uploading files to a datastore but it's not possible to copy files between two datastores. It should be nice if vsphere_copy support this. As govc support this feature via datastore.cp I assume the API should provide this feature already.

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Idea

COMPONENT NAME

vsphere_copy

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Ideally the feature is added to vsphere_copy and no extra module is provided. You can see an example below. Both of these examples should not break the existing parameters and functionality of vsphere_copy.

Example 1:

Provide a new parameter datastore_src.

- name: Copy file between datastores using delegate_to
  community.vmware.vsphere_copy:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: DC1 Someplace
    datastore_src: datastore1
    src: VM-Templates/file1
    datastore: datastore2
    path: some/remote/file
  delegate_to: localhost

Example 2:

Parse the src parameter if it contains a datastore. This is already used in filename for vmware_guest_disk for example:

- name: Copy file between datastores using delegate_to
  community.vmware.vsphere_copy:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: DC1 
    src: "[Datastore1]/VM-Templates/file1"
    datastore: datastore2
    path: some/remote/file
  delegate_to: localhost