oneview_datacenter_facts – Retrieve facts about the OneView Data Centers

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

• Retrieve facts about the OneView Data Centers.

Requirements

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

• hpOneView >= 2.0.1
• python >= 2.7.9

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
config -		Path to a .json configuration file containing the OneView client configuration. The configuration file is optional and when used should be present in the host running the ansible commands. If the file path is not provided, the configuration will be loaded from environment variables. For links to example configuration files or how to use the environment variables verify the notes section.
name -		Data Center name.
options -		Retrieve additional facts. Options available: 'visualContent'.
params -		List of params to delimit, filter and sort the list of resources. params allowed: - start: The first item to return, using 0-based indexing. - count: The number of resources to return. - filter: A general filter/query string to narrow the list of items returned. - sort: The sort order of the returned data set.

Notes

Note

• A sample configuration file for the config parameter can be found at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible/blob/master/examples/oneview_config-rename.json
• Check how to use environment variables for configuration at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible#environment-variables
• Additional Playbooks for the HPE OneView Ansible modules can be found at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible/tree/master/examples
• The OneView API version used will directly affect returned and expected fields in resources. Information on setting the desired API version and can be found at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible#setting-your-oneview-version

Examples

- name: Gather facts about all Data Centers
  oneview_datacenter_facts:
    hostname: 172.16.101.48
    username: administrator
    password: my_password
    api_version: 500
  delegate_to: localhost
- debug: var=datacenters

- name: Gather paginated, filtered and sorted facts about Data Centers
  oneview_datacenter_facts:
    hostname: 172.16.101.48
    username: administrator
    password: my_password
    api_version: 500
    params:
      start: 0
      count: 3
      sort: 'name:descending'
      filter: 'state=Unmanaged'
- debug: var=datacenters

- name: Gather facts about a Data Center by name
  oneview_datacenter_facts:
    hostname: 172.16.101.48
    username: administrator
    password: my_password
    api_version: 500
    name: "My Data Center"
  delegate_to: localhost
- debug: var=datacenters

- name: Gather facts about the Data Center Visual Content
  oneview_datacenter_facts:
    hostname: 172.16.101.48
    username: administrator
    password: my_password
    api_version: 500
    name: "My Data Center"
    options:
      - visualContent
  delegate_to: localhost
- debug: var=datacenters
- debug: var=datacenter_visual_content

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
datacenter_visual_content dictionary	When requested, but can be null.	Has facts about the Data Center Visual Content.
datacenters dictionary	Always, but can be null.	Has all the OneView facts about the Data Centers.

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Alex Monteiro (@aalexmonteiro)
• Madhav Bharadwaj (@madhav-bharadwaj)
• Priyanka Sood (@soodpr)
• Ricardo Galeno (@ricardogpsf)

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