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hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_group – Manage the HPE Nimble Storage group

Note

This plugin is part of the hpe.nimble collection (version 1.1.3).

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 hpe.nimble.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_group.

New in version 1.0.0: of hpe.nimble

Synopsis

  • Manage an HPE Nimble Storage group on an Nimble Storage array.

Requirements

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

  • Ansible 2.9 or later
  • Python 3.6 or later
  • HPE Nimble Storage SDK for Python
  • HPE Nimble Storage arrays running NimbleOS 5.0 or later

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
alarms
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether alarm feature is enabled.
alert_from_email_addrs
string
From email address to use while sending emails. Case insensitive email address.
alert_min_level
string
    Choices:
  • info
  • notice
  • warning
  • critical
Minimum level of alert to be notified.
alert_to_email_addrs
string
Comma-separated list of email addresses to receive emails. Comma separated email list.
allow_analytics_gui
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specify whether to allow HPE Nimble Storage to use Google Analytics in the GUI. HPE Nimble Storage uses Google Analytics to gather data related to GUI usage. The data gathered is used to evaluate and improve the product.
allow_support_tunnel
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to allow support tunnel.
auto_switchover
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether automatic switchover of Group management services feature is enabled.
autoclean_unmanaged_snapshots
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether autoclean unmanaged snapshots feature is enabled.
autoclean_unmanaged_snapshots_ttl_unit
integer
Unit for unmanaged snapshot time to live.
autosupport
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to send autosupport.
cc_mode
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable or disable Common Criteria mode.
change_name
string
Change name of the existing group.
check_migrate
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Check if the group Management Service can be migrated to the group Management Service backup array.
date
integer
Unix epoch time local to the group. Seconds since last epoch. Example- 3400.
default_iscsi_target_scope
string
    Choices:
  • volume
  • group
Newly created volumes are exported under iSCSI Group Target or iSCSI Volume Target.
default_volume_limit
integer
Default limit for a volume space usage as a percentage of volume size. Volume will be taken offline/made non-writable on exceeding its limit. Percentage as integer from 0 to 100.
dns_servers
list / elements=dictionary
IP addresses for this group's dns servers.
domain_name
string
Domain name for this group. String of alphanumeric characters, valid range is from 2 to 255; Each label must be between 1 and 63 characters long; - and . are allowed after the first and before the last character.
fc_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether FC is enabled on this group.
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Can be used with halt or merge flag. Halt remaining arrays when one or more is unreachable. Ignore warnings and forcibly merge specified group with this group.
group_snapshot_ttl
integer
Snapshot Time-to-live(TTL) configured at group level for automatic deletion of unmanaged snapshots. Value 0 indicates unlimited TTL.
group_target_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Is group_target enabled on this group.
group_target_name
string
Iscsi target name for this group. String of up to 255 alphanumeric, hyphenated, colon, or period-separated characters; but cannot begin with hyphen, colon or period. This type is used for the group target name.
halt
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Halt all arrays in the group.
host
string / required
HPE Nimble Storage IP address.
iscsi_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether iSCSI is enabled on this group.
isns_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether iSNS is enabled.
isns_port
integer
Port number for iSNS Server. Positive integer value up to 65535 representing TCP/IP port.
isns_server
string
Hostname or IP Address of iSNS Server.
level
string
    Choices:
  • info
  • notice
  • warning
  • critical
Level of the test alert.
login_banner_after_auth
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Should the banner be displayed before the user credentials are prompted or after prompting the user credentials.
login_banner_message
string
The message for the login banner that is displayed during user login activity. String upto 2048 characters.
login_banner_reset
string
This will reset the banner to the version of the installed NOS. When login_banner_after_auth is specified, login_banner_reset can not be set to true.
merge
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Perform group merge with the specified group.
migrate
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Migrate the group Management Service to the current group Management Service backup array.
name
string / required
Name of the group.
ntp_server
string
Either IP address or hostname of the NTP server for this group. Plain string.
password
string / required
HPE Nimble Storage password.
proxy_password
string
Password to authenticate with HTTP Proxy Server.
proxy_port
integer
Proxy Port of HTTP Proxy Server. Integer value between 0-65535 representing TCP/IP port.
proxy_server
string
Hostname or IP Address of HTTP Proxy Server. Setting this attribute to an empty string will unset all proxy settings.
proxy_username
string
Username to authenticate with HTTP Proxy Server. HTTP proxy server username, string up to 255 characters, special
characters ([, ], `, ;, ampersand, tab, space, newline) are not allowed.
reboot
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Reboot all arrays in the group.
repl_throttle_list
list / elements=dictionary
All the replication bandwidth limits on the system. All the throttles for the partner.
send_alert_to_support
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to send alert to Support.
skip_secondary_mgmt_ip
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Skip check for secondary management IP address.
smtp_auth_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether SMTP Server requires authentication.
smtp_auth_password
string
Password to authenticate with SMTP Server.
smtp_auth_username
string
Username to authenticate with SMTP Server.
smtp_encrypt_type
string
    Choices:
  • none
  • starttls
  • ssl
Level of encryption for SMTP.
smtp_port
integer
Port number of SMTP Server.
snmp_community
string
Community string to be used with SNMP.
snmp_get_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to accept SNMP get commands.
snmp_get_port
integer
Port number to which SNMP get requests should be sent.
snmp_sys_contact
string
Name of the SNMP administrator. Plain string.
snmp_sys_location
string
Location of the group. Plain string.
snmp_trap_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to enable SNMP traps.
snmp_trap_host
string
Hostname or IP Address to send SNMP traps.
snmp_trap_port
integer
Port number of SNMP trap host.
src_group_ip
string
IP address of the source group.
src_group_name
string
Name of the source group.
src_passphrase
string
Source group encryption passphrase. Encryption passphrase. String with size from 8 to 64 printable characters.
src_password
string
Password of the source group.
src_username
string
Username of the source group.
state
string / required
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
The group operation.
syslogd_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Is syslogd enabled on this system.
syslogd_port
integer
Port number for syslogd server.
syslogd_server
string
Hostname of the syslogd server.
tdz_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Is Target Driven Zoning (TDZ) enabled on this group.
tdz_prefix
string
Target Driven Zoning (TDZ) prefix for peer zones created by TDZ.
test_alert
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Generate a test alert.
timezone
string
Timezone in which this group is located. Plain string.
tlsv1_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable or disable TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1.
user_inactivity_timeout
integer
The amount of time in seconds that the user session is inactive before timing out. User inactivity timeout in second, valid range is from 1 to 43200.
username
string / required
HPE Nimble Storage user name.
validate_merge
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Perform group merge validation.
vss_validation_timeout
integer
The amount of time in seconds to validate Microsoft VSS application synchronization before timing out. VSS validation timeout in second, valid range is from 1 to 3600.
vvol_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Are vVol enabled on this group.

Notes

Note

  • This module does not support check_mode.

Examples

- name: Update group
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_group:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    send_alert_to_support: "{{ send_alert_to_support }}"
    alert_to_email_addrs: "{{ alert_to_email_addrs }}"
    state: "present"

- name: Reboot group
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_group:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    state: "present"
    reboot: true

- name: Halt group
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_group:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    state: "present"
    halt: true

- name: Validate merge group
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_group:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    src_group_ip: "{{ src_group_ip }}"
    src_password: "{{ src_password }}"
    skip_secondary_mgmt_ip: "{{ skip_secondary_mgmt_ip }}"
    src_passphrase: "{{ src_passphrase }}"
    state: "present"
    validate_merge: true

- name: Merge group
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_group:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    src_group_ip: "{{ src_group_ip }}"
    src_password: "{{ src_password }}"
    skip_secondary_mgmt_ip: "{{ skip_secondary_mgmt_ip }}"
    src_passphrase: "{{ src_passphrase }}"
    state: "present"
    merge: true

- name: Test alert group
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_group:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    level: "{{ level }}"
    state: "present"
    test_alert: true

- name: Migrate group
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_group:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    state: "present"
    migrate: true

- name: Check migrate group
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_group:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    state: "present"
    check_migrate: true

Authors

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/hpe/nimble/hpe_nimble_group_module.html