VM deployment fails if "Computer name" in customization specification is set to "Ask User"

[meis4h]

SUMMARY

We use generic guest customization specifications for Windows hosts in our vCenters with the guest hostname being prompted on VM deployment.
When deploying a VM using the community.vmware.vmware_guest module I'd expect to be able to give it the name using the customization field but instead I get an error.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

community.vmware.vmware_guest

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible [core 2.16.3]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.11.5 (main, Sep  7 2023, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.4.1 20230605 (Red Hat 11.4.1-2)] (/usr/bin/python3.11)
  jinja version = 3.1.3
  libyaml = True

COLLECTION VERSION

# /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection       Version
---------------- -------
community.vmware 4.2.0

CONFIGURATION

CONFIG_FILE() = None

OS / ENVIRONMENT

• Ansible Execution Environment based on RHEL UBI 9
• vSphere version 7.0.3.01400

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Create a VM customization specification for Windows with the Comuter name option set to "Enter a name in the Clone/Deploy wizard"
2. Create a new VM using the community.vmware.vmware_guest module with the customization_spec set to the newly created VM customization specification
3. (optional) retry with the customization/hostname option set

- name: Deploy test VM
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: Clone virtual machine from a template
      community.vmware.vmware_guest:
        hostname: "{{ ansible_vmware_host }}"
        username: '{{ ansible_vmware_user }}'
        password: '{{ ansible_vmware_password }}'
        validate_certs: false
        datacenter: "{{ vcenter_vm_datacenter }}"
        cluster: "{{ vcenter_vm_cluster }}"
        folder: "{{ vm_deploy_folder | regex_replace('/$', '') }}"
        name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
        template: "{{ vm_deploy_template }}"
        customization_spec: "MS Windows Server 2022 STD"
        customization:
          hostname: test
        state: present
      delegate_to: localhost

EXPECTED RESULTS

VM is created with guest customization spec applied

ACTUAL RESULTS

Playbook fails with error FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to create a virtual machine : A specified parameter was not correct: hostname"}