diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py index a53228000d..1aa5bc055f 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py +++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py @@ -1593,7 +1593,8 @@ class PyVmomiHelper(PyVmomi): # Setting hostName, orgName and fullName is mandatory, so we set some default when missing ident.userData.computerName = vim.vm.customization.FixedName() # computer name will be truncated to 15 characters if using VM name - default_name = self.params['name'].translate(None, string.punctuation) + default_name = self.params['name'].replace(' ', '') + default_name = ''.join([c for c in default_name if c not in string.punctuation]) ident.userData.computerName.name = str(self.params['customization'].get('hostname', default_name[0:15])) ident.userData.fullName = str(self.params['customization'].get('fullname', 'Administrator')) ident.userData.orgName = str(self.params['customization'].get('orgname', 'ACME'))