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# Ansible VMware FAQ

## vmware_guest

### Can I deploy a virtual machine on a standalone ESXi server ?

Yes. `vmware_guest` can deploy a virtual machine with required settings on a standalone ESXi server.

### Is `/vm` required for `vmware_guest` module ?

Prior to Ansible version 2.5, `folder` was an optional parameter with a default value of `/vm`.

The folder parameter was used to discover information about virtual machines in the given infrastructure.

Starting with Ansible version 2.5, `folder` is still an optional parameter with no default value. This parameter will be now used to identify a user’s virtual machine, if multiple virtual machines or virtual machine templates are found with same name. VMware does not restrict the system administrator from creating virtual machines with same name.