vmware_target_canonical_facts – Return canonical (NAA) from an ESXi host system

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vmware_target_canonical_facts – Return canonical (NAA) from an ESXi host system

DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible:
version: 2.13
Why: Deprecated in favour of _info module.
Alternative: Use vmware_target_canonical_info instead.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gather facts about canonical (NAA) from an ESXi host based on SCSI target ID.

Requirements

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

  • Tested on vSphere 5.5 and 6.5
  • PyVmomi installed

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

cluster_name

string

added in 2.6

Name of the cluster.

Facts about all SCSI devices for all host system in the given cluster is returned.

This parameter is required, if esxi_hostname is not provided.

esxi_hostname

string

added in 2.6

Name of the ESXi host system.

Facts about all SCSI devices for the given ESXi host system is returned.

This parameter is required, if cluster_name is not provided.

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.

proxy_host

string

added in 2.9

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

added in 2.9

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.

target_id

integer

The target id based on order of scsi device.

version 2.6 onwards, this parameter is optional.

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.



Examples

- name: Get Canonical name of particular target on particular ESXi host system
  vmware_target_canonical_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    target_id: 7
    esxi_hostname: esxi_hostname
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Get Canonical name of all target on particular ESXi host system
  vmware_target_canonical_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Get Canonical name of all ESXi hostname on particular Cluster
  vmware_target_canonical_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

canonical

string

if host system and target id is given

metadata about SCSI Target device


Sample:

mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0

scsi_tgt_facts

dictionary

if host system or cluster is given

metadata about all SCSI Target devices


Sample:

{'DC0_C0_H0': {'scsilun_canonical': {'key-vim.host.ScsiDisk-0000000000766d686261303a303a30': 'mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0', 'key-vim.host.ScsiLun-0005000000766d686261313a303a30': 'mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0'}, 'target_lun_uuid': {'0': 'key-vim.host.ScsiDisk-0000000000766d686261303a303a30'}}, 'DC0_C0_H1': {'scsilun_canonical': {'key-vim.host.ScsiDisk-0000000000766d686261303a303a30': 'mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0', 'key-vim.host.ScsiLun-0005000000766d686261313a303a30': 'mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0'}, 'target_lun_uuid': {'0': 'key-vim.host.ScsiDisk-0000000000766d686261303a303a30'}}}




Status

  • This module will be removed in version 2.13. [deprecated]
  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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