vexata_volume – Manage volumes on Vexata VX100 storage arrays

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Create, deletes or extend volumes on a Vexata VX100 array.

Requirements

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

  • Vexata VX100 storage array with VXOS >= v3.5.0 on storage array

  • vexatapi >= 0.0.1

  • python >= 2.7

  • VEXATA_USER and VEXATA_PASSWORD environment variables must be set if user and password arguments are not passed to the module directly.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
array
string / required
Vexata VX100 array hostname or IPv4 Address.
name
string / required
Volume name.
password
string
Vexata API user password.
size
string
Volume size in M, G, T units. M=2^20, G=2^30, T=2^40 bytes.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Creates/Modifies volume when present or removes when absent.
user
string
Vexata API user with administrative privileges.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.
If set to yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Examples

- name: Create new 2 TiB volume named foo
  vexata_volume:
    name: foo
    size: 2T
    state: present
    array: vx100_ultra.test.com
    user: admin
    password: secret

- name: Expand volume named foo to 4 TiB
  vexata_volume:
    name: foo
    size: 4T
    state: present
    array: vx100_ultra.test.com
    user: admin
    password: secret

- name: Delete volume named foo
  vexata_volume:
    name: foo
    state: absent
    array: vx100_ultra.test.com
    user: admin
    password: secret

Status

Authors

  • Sandeep Kasargod (@vexata)

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