Get VM primary mac address after VM power on

common/vm_get_vm_info.yml

@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
     vm_hardware_version_num: "{{ vm_config.config.version.split('-')[-1] }}"
     vm_firmware: "{{ vm_config.config.firmware }}"
 
-- name: "Wait for mac address is available"
-  include_tasks: vm_wait_primary_nic_mac.yml
-
 - name: "Display VM's basic information"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg:

common/vm_wait_primary_nic_mac.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@
     - gather_network_facts.network_data['0'].mac_addr is defined
     - gather_network_facts.network_data['0'].mac_addr
 
-- name: "Display VM's primary network adapter MAC address"
-  ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg:
-      - "VM primary network adapter MAC address: {{ vm_primary_nic_mac }}"
+- name: "Assert VM primary network adapter has MAC address"
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vm_primary_nic_mac
+      - vm_primary_nic_mac | ansible.utils.hwaddr
+    fail_msg: "VM primary network adapter has No MAC address"
+    success_msg: "VM primary network adapter MAC address is {{ vm_primary_nic_mac }}"

env_setup/env_setup.yml

@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@
 
         - name: "Get existing VM info"
           include_tasks: ../common/vm_get_vm_info.yml
+
+        - name: "Get VM's power state"
+          include_tasks: ../common/vm_get_power_state.yml
+
+        - name: "Power on VM"
+          include_tasks: ../common/vm_set_power_state.yml
+          vars:
+            vm_power_state_set: "powered-on"
+          when: vm_power_state_get == "poweredOff"
+
+        - name: "Wait for VM primary network adapter has MAC address"
+          include_tasks: ../common/vm_wait_primary_nic_mac.yml
       when: vm_exists is defined and vm_exists
 
     - name: Set fact of the VM datastore path

linux/deploy_vm/deploy_vm_from_iso.yml

@@ -201,6 +201,11 @@
   vars:
     vm_take_screenshot_local_path: "{{ current_test_log_folder }}"
 
+# For only ESXi managed VM, its MAC address is generated after power on
+# not at VM creation
+- name: "Get VM's primary network adapter MAC address"
+  include_tasks: ../../common/vm_wait_primary_nic_mac.yml
+
 # VMware Photon OS kickstart file can't add shutdown action,
 # so here needs to shutdown it separately
 - name: "Shutdown VMware Photon OS VM after auto install completes"

linux/deploy_vm/deploy_vm_from_ova.yml

@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@
 - name: "Add a serial port for VM"
   include_tasks: ../../common/vm_add_serial_port.yml
 
+- name: "Get VM's primary network adapter MAC address"
+  include_tasks: ../../common/vm_wait_primary_nic_mac.yml
+
 - name: "Reconfigure VM with cloud-init"
   include_tasks: reconfigure_vm_with_cloudinit.yml
   when: ova_guest_os_type in ['photon', 'ubuntu', 'amazon']

windows/deploy_vm/deploy_vm_from_iso.yml

@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
 
 - name: "Get VM's primary network adapter MAC address after poweron VM"
   include_tasks: ../../common/vm_wait_primary_nic_mac.yml
-  when: vm_primary_nic_mac is undefined or not vm_primary_nic_mac  
 
 - name: "Get VM IP address"
   include_tasks: ../../common/vm_get_ip.yml

windows/deploy_vm/deploy_vm_from_ova.yml

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 
 - name: "Get VM info"
   include_tasks: ../../common/vm_get_vm_info.yml
+
+#- name: "Get VM's primary network adapter MAC address"
+#  include_tasks: ../../common/vm_wait_primary_nic_mac.yml
 # - include_tasks: ../../common/vm_get_ip_from_vmtools.yml
 
 # Copy script ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1 to guest OS