community.vmware.vmware_vm_storage_policy_info – Gather information about vSphere storage profile defined storage policy information.

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community.vmware.vmware_vm_storage_policy_info – Gather information about vSphere storage profile defined storage policy information.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.7.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_vm_storage_policy_info.


Synopsis

  • Returns basic information on vSphere storage profiles.
  • A vSphere storage profile defines storage policy information that describes storage requirements for virtual machines and storage capabilities of storage providers.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

hostname

string

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

password

string

The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.


aliases: pass, pwd

port

integer

Default:

443

The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

proxy_host

string

Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

The format is a hostname or a IP.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_HOST will be used instead.

This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12

proxy_port

integer

Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_PORT will be used instead.

username

string

The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.


aliases: admin, user

validate_certs

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

If set to true, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.



Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.5


Examples

- name: Get SPBM info
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_storage_policy_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: profiles

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description

spbm_profiles

list / elements=string

success

list of dictionary of SPBM info


Sample:

[{'constraints_sub_profiles': [{'rule_set_info': [{'id': 'hostFailuresToTolerate', 'value': 1}, {'id': 'stripeWidth', 'value': 1}, {'id': 'forceProvisioning', 'value': False}, {'id': 'proportionalCapacity', 'value': 0}, {'id': 'cacheReservation', 'value': 0}], 'rule_set_name': 'VSAN sub-profile'}], 'description': 'Storage policy used as default for vSAN datastores', 'id': 'aa6d5a82-1c88-45da-85d3-3d74b91a5bad', 'name': 'vSAN Default Storage Policy'}]




Authors

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/vmware/vmware_vm_storage_policy_info_module.html