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_vm_storage_policy_info.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| 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 | 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. | |
| 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 |
| 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. |
Note
- name: Get SPBM info
community.vmware.vmware_vm_storage_policy_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
delegate_to: localhost
register: profiles
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| spbm_profiles list / elements=string | 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'}] |
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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_vm_storage_policy_info_module.html