purefa_volume – Manage volumes on Pure Storage FlashArrays

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Create, delete or extend the capacity of a volume on Pure Storage FlashArray.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7

  • purestorage

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_token
string / required
FlashArray API token for admin privileged user.
eradicate
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Define whether to eradicate the volume on delete or leave in trash.
fa_url
string / required
FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
name
string / required
The name of the volume.
overwrite
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Define whether to overwrite a target volume if it already exists.
qos
string
added in 2.8
Bandwidth limit for volume in M or G units. M will set MB/s G will set GB/s To clear an existing Qos setting using 0 (zero)
size
string
Volume size in M, G, T or P units.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Define whether the volume should exist or not.
target
string
The name of the target volume, if copying.

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the purestorage Python library

  • You must set PUREFA_URL and PUREFA_API environment variables if fa_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

Examples

- name: Create new volume named foo with a QoS limit
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    size: 1T
    qos: 58M
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

- name: Extend the size of an existing volume named foo
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    size: 2T
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

- name: Delete and eradicate volume named foo
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    eradicate: yes
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

- name: Create clone of volume bar named foo
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    target: bar
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

- name: Overwrite volume bar with volume foo
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    target: bar
    overwrite: yes
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

- name: Clear volume QoS from volume foo
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    qos: 0
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
volume
dictionary
success
A dictionary describing the changed volume. Only some attributes below will be returned with various actions.
 
created
string
Volume creation time

Sample:
2019-03-13T22:49:24Z
 
name
string
Volume name
 
serial
string
Volume serial number

Sample:
361019ECACE43D83000120A4
 
size
integer
Volume size in bytes
 
source
string
Volume name of source volume used for volume copy


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