community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_recommended_datastore Returns the recommended datastore from a SDRS-enabled datastore cluster Authors: Unknown (@MalfuncEddie), Alina Buzachis (@alinabuzachis), Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)community.vmware.vmware_recommended_datastore (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 provides the recommended datastore name from a datastore cluster only if the SDRS is enabled for the specified datastore cluster
- name: Get recommended datastore from a Storage DRS-enabled datastore cluster community.vmware.vmware_recommended_datastore: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' validate_certs: false datastore_cluster: '{{ datastore_cluster_name }}' datacenter: '{{ datacenter }}' register: recommended_ds
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 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 datacenter: description: - Name of the datacenter. required: true 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 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 datastore_cluster: description: - Name of the datastore cluster. required: true type: str
recommended_datastore: description: metadata about the recommended datastore returned: always sample: recommended_datastore: datastore-01 type: str