vmware_drs_group_facts – Gathers facts about DRS VM/Host groups on the given cluster

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vmware_drs_group_facts – Gathers facts about DRS VM/Host groups on the given cluster

New in version 2.8.


Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gather facts about DRS VM/HOST groups from the given cluster.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

cluster_name

-

Cluster to search for VM/Host groups.

If set, facts of DRS groups belonging this cluster will be returned.

Not needed if datacenter is set.

datacenter

- / required

Datacenter to search for DRS VM/Host groups.


aliases: datacenter_name

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

added in 2.5

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.

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 yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.



Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.5 and 6.7


Examples

---
- name: "Gather DRS facts about given Cluster"
  register: cluster_drs_group_facts
  vmware_drs_group_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: "Gather DRS group facts about all clusters in given datacenter"
  register: cluster_drs_group_facts
  vmware_drs_group_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

drs_group_facts

dictionary

always

Metadata about DRS group from given cluster / datacenter


Sample:

{'drs_group_facts': {'DC0_C0': [{'group_name': 'GROUP_HOST_S01', 'hosts': ['vm-01.zone', 'vm-02.zone'], 'type': 'host'}, {'group_name': 'GROUP_HOST_S02', 'hosts': ['vm-03.zone', 'vm-04.zone'], 'type': 'host'}, {'group_name': 'GROUP_VM_S01', 'type': 'vm', 'vms': ['test-node01']}, {'group_name': 'GROUP_VM_S02', 'type': 'vm', 'vms': ['test-node02']}], 'DC0_C1': []}}




Status

Authors

  • Karsten Kaj Jakobsen (@karstenjakobsen)

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