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+---
+- name: Get count
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+    # Create an anchor for api_info that can be used throughout the file
+    api_info: &api_info
+      # if api_key vars are omitted, INTERSIGHT_API_KEY_ID, INTERSIGHT_API_PRIVATE_KEY,
+      # and INTERSIGHT_API_URI environment variables used for API key data
+      api_private_key: "{{ api_private_key | default(omit) }}"
+      api_key_id: "{{ api_key_id | default(omit) }}"
+      api_uri: "{{ api_uri | default(omit) }}"
+      validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs | default(omit) }}"
+  tasks:
+    # Get a count of the VM hosts
+    - name: "Get VM Count"
+      cisco.intersight.intersight_rest_api:
+        <<: *api_info
+        resource_path: /virtualization/VirtualMachines
+        query_params:
+          $count: true
+      register: resp
+    - name: "Print VM count"
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "VM count {{ resp.count }}"