Add ESX Host to vCenter failed

[markusroth1]

SUMMARY

Add a ESXi host to vcenter failed with error message: "Failed to add host to vCenter 'vcenter' : ('A specified parameter was not correct: spec.hostName', None)"

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible version: 2.11.8

COLLECTION VERSION

community.vmware: 3.2.0

CONFIGURATION

OS / ENVIRONMENT

RHEL 8.7

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

---
- name: Connect ESX Hosts to VC
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  vars_files:
    - ../answerfile.yml
  tasks:
    - name: Add ESXi Hosts to VCSA
      vmware_host:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter.name }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter.user }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter.password }}"
        datacenter_name: "datacenter"
        validate_certs: false
        cluster_name: "cluster"
        esxi_hostname: "myesxhost"
        esxi_username: "root"
        esxi_password: "rootpass_of_esx_host"
        state: present
      delegate_to: localhost

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTUAL RESULTS

The full traceback is:
  File "/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_host_payload_gv58b2gf/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_host_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/modules/vmware_host.py", line 477, in state_add_host
  File "/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_host_payload_gv58b2gf/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_host_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py", line 155, in wait_for_task
    raise_from(TaskError(error_msg, host_thumbprint), task.info.error)
  File "<string>", line 3, in raise_from
fatal: [localhost -> localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "add_connected": true,
            "cluster_name": "cluster",
            "datacenter_name": "datacenter",
            "esxi_hostname": "myesxhost",
            "esxi_password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
            "esxi_ssl_thumbprint": "",
            "esxi_username": "root",
            "fetch_ssl_thumbprint": true,
            "folder": null,
            "force_connection": true,
            "hostname": "vcenter",
            "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
            "port": 443,
            "proxy_host": null,
            "proxy_port": null,
            "reconnect_disconnected": true,
            "state": "present",
            "username": "administrator@vsphere.local",
            "validate_certs": false
        }
    },
    "msg": "Failed to add host to vCenter 'vcenter' : ('A specified parameter was not correct: spec.hostName', None)"
}

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