vmware_datastore_facts – Gather facts about datastores available in given vCenter

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gather facts about datastores in VMWare infrastructure.
  • All values and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cluster
-
Cluster to search for datastores.
If set, facts of datastores belonging this clusters will be returned.
This parameter is required, if datacenter is not supplied.
datacenter
-
Datacenter to search for datastores.
This parameter is required, if cluster is not supplied.
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 version 2.6.
name
-
Name of the datastore to match.
If set, facts of specific datastores are returned.
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 version 2.6.

aliases: pass, pwd
port
integer
added in 2.5
 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 version 2.6.
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 version 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 version 2.6.
If set to yes, 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

Examples

- name: Gather facts from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter'
  vmware_datastore_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: facts

- name: Gather facts from datacenter about specific datastore
  vmware_datastore_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    name: datastore1
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: facts

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
datastores
list
 always
metadata about the available datastores

Sample:
[{'accessible': False, 'capacity': 42681237504, 'datastore_cluster': 'datacluster0', 'freeSpace': 39638269952, 'maintenanceMode': 'normal', 'multipleHostAccess': False, 'name': 'datastore2', 'provisioned': 12289211488, 'type': 'VMFS', 'uncommitted': 9246243936, 'url': 'ds:///vmfs/volumes/5a69b18a-c03cd88c-36ae-5254001249ce/'}]


Status

Authors

  • Tim Rightnour (@garbled1)

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