na_ontap_gather_facts – NetApp information gatherer

New in version 2.7.

DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible:
 version: 2.13
Why:Deprecated in favour of _info module.
Alternative:Use na_ontap_info instead.

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to gather various information about ONTAP configuration

Requirements

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

  • A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules support Data ONTAP 9.1 and onward
  • Ansible 2.6
  • Python2 netapp-lib (2017.10.30) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
  • Python3 netapp-lib (2018.11.13) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
  • To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’
  • netapp_lib

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
gather_subset
-
added in 2.8
 Default:
"all"
When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include "aggregate_info", "cluster_node_info", "igroup_info", "lun_info", "net_dns_info", "net_ifgrp_info", "net_interface_info", "net_port_info", "nvme_info", "nvme_interface_info", "nvme_namespace_info", "nvme_subsystem_info", "ontap_version", "qos_adaptive_policy_info", "qos_policy_info", "security_key_manager_key_info", "security_login_account_info", "storage_failover_info", "volume_info", "vserver_info", "vserver_login_banner_info", "vserver_motd_info", "vserver_nfs_info" Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial ! to specify that a specific subset should not be collected.
nvme is supported with ONTAP 9.4 onwards.
use "help" to get a list of supported facts for your system.
hostname
string / required
The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.
http_port
integer
Override the default port (80 or 443) with this port
https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable and disable https
ontapi
integer
The ontap api version to use
password
string / required
Password for the specified user.

aliases: pass
state
-
    Choices:
  • info ←
Returns "info"
use_rest
string
    Choices:
  • Never
  • Always
  • Auto ←
REST API if supported by the target system for all the resources and attributes the module requires. Otherwise will revert to ZAPI.
Always -- will always use the REST API
Never -- will always use the ZAPI
Auto -- will try to use the REST Api
username
string / required
This can be a Cluster-scoped or SVM-scoped account, depending on whether a Cluster-level or SVM-level API is required. For more information, please read the documentation https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/nmsdk/9.4/.

aliases: user
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If set to no, the SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to False used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

  • The modules prefixed with na\_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

Examples

- name: Get NetApp info (Password Authentication)
  na_ontap_gather_facts:
    state: info
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admins_password"
- debug:
    var: ontap_facts
- name: Limit Fact Gathering to Aggregate Information
  na_ontap_gather_facts:
    state: info
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admins_password"
    gather_subset: "aggregate_info"
- name: Limit Fact Gathering to Volume and Lun Information
  na_ontap_gather_facts:
    state: info
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admins_password"
    gather_subset:
      - volume_info
      - lun_info
- name: Gather all facts except for volume and lun information
  na_ontap_gather_facts:
    state: info
    hostname: "na-vsim"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admins_password"
    gather_subset:
      - "!volume_info"
      - "!lun_info"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
ontap_facts
dictionary
always
Returns various information about NetApp cluster configuration

Sample:
{ "ontap_facts": { "aggregate_info": {...}, "cluster_node_info": {...}, "net_dns_info": {...}, "net_ifgrp_info": {...}, "net_interface_info": {...}, "net_port_info": {...}, "security_key_manager_key_info": {...}, "security_login_account_info": {...}, "volume_info": {...}, "lun_info": {...}, "storage_failover_info": {...}, "vserver_login_banner_info": {...}, "vserver_motd_info": {...}, "vserver_info": {...}, "vserver_nfs_info": {...}, "ontap_version": {...}, "igroup_info": {...}, "qos_policy_info": {...}, "qos_adaptive_policy_info": {...} }


Status

  • This module will be removed in version 2.13. [deprecated]
  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

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