community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_datastore_cluster Manage VMware vSphere datastore clusters Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)community.vmware.vmware_datastore_cluster (4.2.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 4.2.0
This module can be used to add and delete datastore cluster in given VMware environment.
All parameters and VMware object values are case sensitive.
- name: Create datastore cluster and enable SDRS community.vmware.vmware_datastore_cluster: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' datacenter_name: '{{ datacenter_name }}' datastore_cluster_name: '{{ datastore_cluster_name }}' enable_sdrs: true state: present delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create datastore cluster using folder community.vmware.vmware_datastore_cluster: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' folder: '/{{ datacenter_name }}/datastore/ds_folder' datastore_cluster_name: '{{ datastore_cluster_name }}' state: present delegate_to: localhost
- name: Delete datastore cluster community.vmware.vmware_datastore_cluster: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' datacenter_name: '{{ datacenter_name }}' datastore_cluster_name: '{{ datastore_cluster_name }}' state: absent delegate_to: localhost
port: default: 443 description: - The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_PORT) will be used instead. type: int state: choices: - present - absent default: present description: - If the datastore cluster should be present or absent. type: str folder: description: - Destination folder, absolute path to place datastore cluster in. - The folder should include the datacenter. - This parameter is case sensitive. - You must specify either a O(folder) or a O(datacenter_name). - 'Examples:' - ' folder: /datacenter1/datastore' - ' folder: datacenter1/datastore' - ' folder: /datacenter1/datastore/folder1' - ' folder: datacenter1/datastore/folder1' - ' folder: /folder1/datacenter1/datastore' - ' folder: folder1/datacenter1/datastore' - ' folder: /folder1/datacenter1/datastore/folder2' required: false type: str hostname: description: - 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 E(VMWARE_HOST) will be used instead. type: str password: aliases: - pass - pwd description: - The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_PASSWORD) will be used instead. type: str username: aliases: - admin - user description: - The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_USER) will be used instead. type: str proxy_host: description: - 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 E(VMWARE_PROXY_HOST) will be used instead. required: false type: str proxy_port: description: - 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 E(VMWARE_PROXY_PORT) will be used instead. required: false type: int enable_sdrs: default: false description: - Whether or not storage DRS is enabled. required: false type: bool validate_certs: default: true description: - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to V(false) when certificates are not trusted. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS) will be used instead. type: bool datacenter_name: aliases: - datacenter description: - The name of the datacenter. - You must specify either a O(datacenter_name) or a O(folder). - Mutually exclusive with O(folder) parameter. required: false type: str automation_level: choices: - automated - manual default: manual description: - Run SDRS automated or manually. required: false type: str keep_vmdks_together: default: true description: - Specifies whether or not each VM in this datastore cluster should have its virtual disks on the same datastore by default. required: false type: bool loadbalance_interval: default: 480 description: - Specify the interval in minutes that storage DRS runs to load balance among datastores. required: false type: int enable_io_loadbalance: default: false description: - Whether or not storage DRS takes into account storage I/O workload when making load balancing and initial placement recommendations. required: false type: bool datastore_cluster_name: description: - The name of the datastore cluster. required: true type: str
result: description: information about datastore cluster operation returned: always sample: Datastore cluster 'DSC2' created successfully. type: str