vmware_portgroup_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s Port Group configuration¶

New in version 2.6.

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

DEPRECATED ¶

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

Synopsis ¶

This module can be used to gather facts about an ESXi host’s Port Group configuration when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
cluster_name string		Name of the cluster. Facts will be returned for all hostsystem belonging to this cluster name. If `esxi_hostname` is not given, this parameter is required.
esxi_hostname string		ESXi hostname to gather facts from. If `cluster_name` is not given, this parameter is required.
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 Ansible 2.6.
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 Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
policies boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no ← yes	Gather facts about Security, Traffic Shaping, as well as Teaming and failover. The property `ts` stands for Traffic Shaping and `lb` for Load Balancing.
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 Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host string added in 2.9		Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer added in 2.9		Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
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 Ansible 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 Ansible 2.6. If set to `yes`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.5
The vswitch_name property is deprecated starting from Ansible v2.12

Examples ¶

- name: Gather portgroup facts about all ESXi Host in given Cluster
  vmware_portgroup_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Gather portgroup facts about ESXi Host system
  vmware_portgroup_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
hosts_portgroup_facts dictionary	on success	metadata about host's portgroup configuration Sample: {'esx01': [{'failback': True, 'failover_active': ['vmnic0', 'vmnic1'], 'failover_standby': [], 'failure_detection': 'link_status_only', 'lb': 'loadbalance_srcid', 'notify': True, 'portgroup': 'Management Network', 'security': [False, False, False], 'ts': 'No override', 'vlan_id': 0, 'vswitch': 'vSwitch0', 'vswitch_name': 'vSwitch0'}, {'failback': True, 'failover_active': ['vmnic2'], 'failover_standby': ['vmnic3'], 'failure_detection': 'No override', 'lb': 'No override', 'notify': True, 'portgroup': 'vMotion', 'security': [False, False, False], 'ts': 'No override', 'vlan_id': 33, 'vswitch': 'vSwitch1', 'vswitch_name': 'vSwitch1'}]}

Status ¶

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

Authors¶

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
Christian Kotte (@ckotte)

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