GPT Types Are Invalid Causing "Unable to create a new partition" Errors

[RedTail72]

SUMMARY

When creating a new partition on a GPT disk and passing a gpt_type, the step will error with an "Unable to create a new partition: The specified partition type is not valid." message.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

community.windows.win_partition

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.9.17
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/var/lib/awx/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.6.8 (default, Aug 24 2020, 17:57:11) [GCC 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5)]

CONFIGURATION

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Windows Server 2019 Standard

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Add a drive or use an existing drive with space for a new partition. Try to create a new partition on that drive and specify the gpt_type parameter.

- name: Create reserved partition
  win_partition:
    partition_size: 128 MiB
    partition_number: 1
    disk_number: 1
    gpt_type: microsoft_reserved
    state: present

EXPECTED RESULTS

A new partition of the specified type is created.

ACTUAL RESULTS

The step errors.

{
  "changed": false,
  "invocation": {
    "module_args": {
      "read_only": null,
      "state": "present",
      "partition_number": 1,
      "offline": null,
      "gpt_type": "microsoft_reserved",
      "hidden": null,
      "partition_size": "128 MiB",
      "drive_letter": null,
      "disk_number": 1,
      "active": null,
      "mbr_type": null
    }
  },
  "msg": "Unable to create a new partition: The specified partition type is not valid.\nActivity ID: {002adbad-2193-0002-b597-2b009321d701}",
  "exception": "The specified partition type is not valid.\nActivity ID: {002adbad-2193-0002-b597-2b009321d701}\r\nAt line:169 char:26\r\n+         $new_partition = New-Partition @parameters\r\n+                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (StorageWMI:ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/MSFT_Disk) [New-Partition], CimException\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : StorageWMI 41010,New-Partition\r\n\r\nScriptStackTrace:\r\n",
  "_ansible_no_log": false
}