Note
This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection.
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_target_canonical_facts.
major release after 2021-12-01
Deprecated in favour of community.vmware.vmware_target_canonical_info module.
Use community.vmware.vmware_target_canonical_info instead.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| cluster_name string | Name of the cluster. Facts about all SCSI devices for all host system in the given cluster is returned. This parameter is required, if esxi_hostname is not provided. | |
| esxi_hostname string | Name of the ESXi host system. Facts about all SCSI devices for the given ESXi host system is returned. This parameter is required, if cluster_name is not provided. | |
| 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. | |
| target_id integer | The target id based on order of scsi device. version 2.6 onwards, this parameter is optional. | |
| 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 yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. |
- name: Get Canonical name of particular target on particular ESXi host system
community.vmware.vmware_target_canonical_facts:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
target_id: 7
esxi_hostname: esxi_hostname
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Get Canonical name of all target on particular ESXi host system
community.vmware.vmware_target_canonical_facts:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Get Canonical name of all ESXi hostname on particular Cluster
community.vmware.vmware_target_canonical_facts:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
delegate_to: localhost
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| canonical string | if host system and target id is given | metadata about SCSI Target device Sample: mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 |
| scsi_tgt_facts dictionary | if host system or cluster is given | metadata about all SCSI Target devices Sample: {'DC0_C0_H0': {'scsilun_canonical': {'key-vim.host.ScsiDisk-0000000000766d686261303a303a30': 'mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0', 'key-vim.host.ScsiLun-0005000000766d686261313a303a30': 'mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0'}, 'target_lun_uuid': {'0': 'key-vim.host.ScsiDisk-0000000000766d686261303a303a30'}}, 'DC0_C0_H1': {'scsilun_canonical': {'key-vim.host.ScsiDisk-0000000000766d686261303a303a30': 'mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0', 'key-vim.host.ScsiLun-0005000000766d686261313a303a30': 'mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0'}, 'target_lun_uuid': {'0': 'key-vim.host.ScsiDisk-0000000000766d686261303a303a30'}}} |
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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/vmware/vmware_target_canonical_facts_module.html