##### SUMMARY

The following snippet from https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest/tasks/create_d1_c1_f0.yml uses `autoselect_datastore: True`.

```yaml
- name: create new VMs
  vmware_guest:
    validate_certs: False
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: newvm_1
    #template: "{{ item|basename }}"
    guest_id: centos64Guest
    datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
    hardware:
        num_cpus: 1
        num_cpu_cores_per_socket: 1
        memory_mb: 256
        hotadd_memory: true
        hotadd_cpu: false
        max_connections: 10
    disk:
        - size: 1gb
          type: thin
          autoselect_datastore: True
    state: poweredoff
    folder: F0
```

One of my two datastores is dedicated to the ISO image and so, is readOnly. But it still get selected consistently. I use the following hack to avoid the problem:

```diff
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py
index 6a63e97798..3648e3e87f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest.py
@@ -1925,6 +1925,15 @@ class PyVmomiHelper(PyVmomi):
 
                 datastore_freespace = 0
                 for ds in datastores:
+                    is_readonly = False
+                    for h in ds.host:
+                        if h.mountInfo.accessMode == 'readOnly':
+                            is_readonly = True
+                            break
+
+                    if is_readonly:
+                        continue
+
                     if (ds.summary.freeSpace > datastore_freespace) or (ds.summary.freeSpace == datastore_freespace and not datastore):
                         # If datastore field is provided, filter destination datastores
                         if 'datastore' in self.params['disk'][0] and \
```
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##### ISSUE TYPE
- Bug Report

##### COMPONENT NAME
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vmware_guest

elif vm_id_type == 'uuid':
        
        vm = si.FindByUuid(datacenter=datacenter, instanceUuid=False, uuid=vm_id, vmSearch=True)
    elif vm_id_type == 'instance_uuid':
        vm = si.FindByUuid(datacenter=datacenter, instanceUuid=True, uuid=vm_id, vmSearch=True)
    elif vm_id_type == 'ip':
        vm = si.FindByIp(datacenter=datacenter, ip=vm_id, vmSearch=True)
    elif vm_id_type == 'vm_name':
        folder = None
        if cluster:
            folder = cluster
        elif datacenter:
            folder = datacenter.hostFolder
        vm = find_vm_by_name(content, vm_id, folder)
    elif vm_id_type == 'inventory_path':
        searchpath = folder
        
        f_obj = si.FindByInventoryPath(searchpath)
        if f_obj:
            if isinstance(f_obj, vim.Datacenter):
                f_obj = f_obj.vmFolder
            for c_obj in f_obj.childEntity:
                if not isinstance(c_obj, vim.VirtualMachine):
                    continue
                if c_obj.name == vm_id:
                    vm = c_obj
                    if match_first:
                        break
    return vm
def find_vm_by_name(content, vm_name, folder=None, recurse=True):