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community.vmware.vmware_datastore_maintenancemode – Place a datastore into maintenance mode

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.15.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_datastore_maintenancemode.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to manage maintenance mode of a datastore.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cluster_name
string
Name of the cluster where datastore is connected to.
If multiple datastores are connected to the given cluster, then all datastores will be managed by state.
If datastore or datastore_cluster are not set, this parameter is required.
datastore
string
Name of datastore to manage.
If datastore_cluster or cluster_name are not set, this parameter is required.
datastore_cluster
string
Name of the datastore cluster from all child datastores to be managed.
If datastore or cluster_name are not set, this parameter is required.
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
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
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
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.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
If set to present, then enter datastore into maintenance mode.
If set to present and datastore is already in maintenance mode, then no action will be taken.
If set to absent and datastore is in maintenance mode, then exit maintenance mode.
If set to absent and datastore is not in maintenance mode, then no action will be taken.
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
    Choices:
  • 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 true, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5
  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Enter datastore into Maintenance Mode
  community.vmware.vmware_datastore_maintenancemode:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datastore: '{{ datastore_name }}'
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Enter all datastores under cluster into Maintenance Mode
  community.vmware.vmware_datastore_maintenancemode:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Enter all datastores under datastore cluster into Maintenance Mode
  community.vmware.vmware_datastore_maintenancemode:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datastore_cluster: '{{ datastore_cluster_name }}'
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Exit datastore into Maintenance Mode
  community.vmware.vmware_datastore_maintenancemode:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datastore: '{{ datastore_name }}'
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
datastore_status
dictionary
always
Action taken for datastore

Sample:
{'ds_226_01': "Datastore 'ds_226_01' is already in maintenance mode."}


Authors

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_datastore_maintenancemode_module.html