This module was introduced in Ansible 2.5; it allows you to add and fetch files from a VM without the need for the VM to be on a network. It also allows you to create folders within the VM. The following example creates a directory within the VM:

- name: create a directory on a vm
  vmware_guest_file_operation:
    hostname: "{{ vsphere_host }}"
    username: "{{ vsphere_username }}"
    password: "{{ vsphere_password }}"
    validate_certs: "no"
    datacenter: "my-datacenter"
    vm_id: "yet_another_example_vm"
    vm_username: "root"
    vm_password: "supersecretpassword"
    directory:
      path: "/tmp/imported/files"
      operation: "create"
      recurse: "yes"
  delegate_to: localhost

The following example copies a file called config.zip from our Ansible host to the directory created previously:

- name: copy file to vm
  vmware_guest_file_operation:
    hostname: "{{ vsphere_host }}"
    username: "{{ vsphere_username }}"
    password: "{{ vsphere_password }}"
    validate_certs: "no"
    datacenter: "my-datacenter"
    vm_id: "yet_another_example_vm"
    vm_username: "root"
    vm_password: "supersecretpassword"
    copy:
        src: "files/config.zip"
        dest: "/tmp/imported/files/config.zip"
        overwrite: "False"
  delegate_to: localhost