vmware_vm_storage_policy_info – Gather information about vSphere storage profile defined storage policy information

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

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 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.
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

Examples

- name: Get SPBM info
  vmware_vm_storage_policy_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    validate_certs: no
  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	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'}]

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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