community.vmware.vmware_datastore_cluster_manager (4.2.0) — module

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0

Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.vmware
      version: 4.2.0

Description

This module can be used to add datastore in the datastore cluster.

All parameters and VMware object values are case sensitive.

Usage examples

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- name: Add datastore to the given datastore cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_datastore_cluster_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter_name: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    datastore_cluster_name: '{{ datastore_cluster_name }}'
    datastores:
    - ds_001
    - ds_002
    - ds_003
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

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- name: Move datastore from the given datastore cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_datastore_cluster_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter_name: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    datastore_cluster_name: '{{ datastore_cluster_name }}'
    datastores:
    - ds_001
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Inputs

    
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 set to V(present), datastores specified by O(datastores) will be added to the
      given datastore cluster.
    - If set to V(absent), datastores specified by O(datastores) will be moved from the
      given datastore cluster to datstore folder of the parent datacenter.
    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

datastores:
    description:
    - A list of datastores to be manage.
    elements: str
    required: true
    type: list

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

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.
    required: false
    type: str

datastore_cluster_name:
    aliases:
    - datastore_cluster
    description:
    - The name of the datastore cluster.
    required: true
    type: str

Outputs

datastore_cluster_info:
  description: information about datastore cluster
  returned: always
  sample:
    changed_datastores:
    - ds_171_1
    current_datastores: []
    msg: null
    previous_datastores:
    - ds_171_1
  type: str