hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_info module – Collect information from HPE Nimble Storage array

Note

This module is part of the hpe.nimble collection (version 1.1.4).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install hpe.nimble.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_info.

New in version 1.0.0: of hpe.nimble

Synopsis

  • Collect information from a HPE Nimble Storage array. By default, the module will collect basic information including array, groups config, protection templates, protection schedules, snapshots, snapshot collections, volume collections and volume counts. Additional information can be collected based on the configured set of arguments.

Requirements

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

  • Ansible 2.9 or later

  • Python 3.6 or later

  • HPE Nimble Storage SDK for Python

  • HPE Nimble Storage arrays running NimbleOS 5.0 or later

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

gather_subset

list / elements=raw

When supplied, this argument will define the information to be collected. Possible values for this include “all” “minimum” “config” “access_control_records”, “alarms”, “application_servers”, “application_categories”, “arrays”, “chap_users”, “controllers”, “disks”, “fibre_channel_interfaces”, “fibre_channel_configs”, “fibre_channel_initiator_aliases”, “fibre_channel_ports”, “folders”, “groups”, “initiator_groups”, “initiators”, “master_key”, “network_configs”, “performance_policies”, “pools”, “protection_schedules”, “protection_templates”, “protocol_endpoints”, “replication_partners”, “shelves”, “snapshots”, “snapshot_collections”, “software_versions”, “user_groups”, “user_policies”, “users”, “volumes”, “volume_collections”.

Each subset except “all”, “minimum” and “config” supports four types of subset options. Subset “all” supports limit and detail as subset options. Subset “config” and “minimum” does not support any subset options.

See the example section for usage of the following subset options.

fields - A string representing which attributes to display for a given subset.

limit - An integer value which represents how many latest items to show for a given subset.

detail - A bool flag when set to true fetches everything for a given subset. Default is “True”.

query - A key-value pair to query.

Default: “minimum”

host

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage IP address.

password

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage password.

username

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage user name.

Notes

Note

  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

- name: Collect default set of information
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_info:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    gather_subset:
      - minimum:
  register: array_info

- name: Show default information
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ array_info['nimble_info']['default'] }}"

- name: Collect config
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_info:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    gather_subset:
      - config:
  register: array_info

- name: Show config information
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ array_info['nimble_info']['config'] }}"

- name: Collect all
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_info:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    gather_subset:
      - all:
          limit: 1
  register: array_info

- name: Show all information
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ array_info['nimble_info'] }}"

- name: Collect volume, snapshot and volume collection. Below query will show just one
        snapshot detail with attributes 'name and id' for a volume called 'vol1'
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_info:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    gather_subset:
      - volumes:
          fields: "name,id"
          limit: 2
      - volume_collections:
          limit: 1
          detail: false
      - snapshots:
          fields: "name,id"
          query:
            vol_name: "vol1"
          limit: 1
          detail: True
  register: array_info

- name: Show information
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ array_info['nimble_info'] }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

nimble_info

complex

Returns the information collected from the HPE Nimble Storage array

Returned: always

Sample: {“config”: {“arrays”: [{“all_flash”: false, “extended_model”: “vmware-4G-5T-160F”, “full_name”: “ansibler1-va”, “role”: “leader”, “serial”: “ansibler1-va”}], “groups”: [{“alarms_enabled”: true, “auto_switchover_enabled”: true, “auto_switchover_messages”: [], “autosupport_enabled”: true, “default_iscsi_target_scope”: “group”, “dns_servers”: [{“ip_addr”: “10.235.0.185”}, {“ip_addr”: “10.1.255.254”}], “domain_name”: “vlab.nimblestorage.com”, “encryption_config”: {“cipher”: “aes_256_xts”, “encryption_active”: true, “encryption_key_manager”: “local”, “master_key_set”: true, “mode”: “available”, “scope”: “group”}, “failover_mode”: “Manual”, “fc_enabled”: false, “iscsi_enabled”: true, “isns_enabled”: true, “leader_array_name”: “ansibler1-va”, “member_list”: [“ansibler1-va”], “name”: “group-ansibler1-va”, “ntp_server”: “time.nimblestorage.com”, “send_alert_to_support”: true, “smtp_auth_enabled”: false, “smtp_auth_username”: “”, “smtp_port”: 25, “smtp_server”: “”, “snmp_community”: “public”, “snmp_trap_enabled”: false, “snmp_trap_host”: “”, “snmp_trap_port”: 162, “syslogd_enabled”: false, “syslogd_server”: “”, “vvol_enabled”: true}], “network_configs”: [{“active_since”: 1592210265, “array_list”: [{“ctrlr_a_support_ip”: “10.18.1.1”, “ctrlr_b_support_ip”: “10.18.2.2”, “member_gid”: 1, “name”: “ansibler1-va”, “nic_list”: [{“data_ip”: “172.16.41.139”, “name”: “eth3”, “subnet_label”: “data1”, “tagged”: false}, {“data_ip”: “172.16.234.76”, “name”: “eth4”, “subnet_label”: “data2”, “tagged”: false}, {“data_ip”: “”, “name”: “eth2”, “subnet_label”: “mgmt-data”, “tagged”: false}, {“data_ip”: “”, “name”: “eth1”, “subnet_label”: “mgmt-data”, “tagged”: false}]}], “creation_time”: 1586411318, “group_leader_array”: “ansibler1-va”, “id”: “177321e77f009f2013000000000000000000000001”, “iscsi_automatic_connection_method”: true, “iscsi_connection_rebalancing”: true, “last_active”: 1592210256, “last_modified”: 1586411356, “mgmt_ip”: “10.18.171.96”, “name”: “active”, “role”: “active”, “route_list”: [{“gateway”: “10.18.160.1”, “tgt_netmask”: “0.0.0.0”, “tgt_network”: “0.0.0.0”}], “secondary_mgmt_ip”: “”, “subnet_list”: [{“allow_group”: true, “allow_iscsi”: true, “discovery_ip”: “172.16.41.140”, “failover”: true, “failover_enable_time”: 0, “label”: “data1”, “mtu”: 1500, “netmask”: “255.255.224.0”, “network”: “172.16.32.0”, “netzone_type”: “single”, “type”: “data”, “vlan_id”: 0}, {“allow_group”: true, “allow_iscsi”: true, “discovery_ip”: “172.16.234.101”, “failover”: true, “failover_enable_time”: 0, “label”: “data2”, “mtu”: 1500, “netmask”: “255.255.224.0”, “network”: “172.16.224.0”, “netzone_type”: “single”, “type”: “data”, “vlan_id”: 0}, {“allow_group”: false, “allow_iscsi”: false, “discovery_ip”: “”, “failover”: true, “failover_enable_time”: 0, “label”: “mgmt-data”, “mtu”: 1500, “netmask”: “255.255.224.0”, “network”: “10.18.160.0”, “netzone_type”: “none”, “type”: “mgmt”, “vlan_id”: 0}]}, {“active_since”: 0, “array_list”: [{“ctrlr_a_support_ip”: “10.18.1.1”, “ctrlr_b_support_ip”: “10.18.2.2”, “member_gid”: 1, “name”: “ansibler1-va”, “nic_list”: [{“data_ip”: “”, “name”: “eth2”, “subnet_label”: “mgmt-data”, “tagged”: false}, {“data_ip”: “”, “name”: “eth1”, “subnet_label”: “mgmt-data”, “tagged”: false}, {“data_ip”: “172.16.41.139”, “name”: “eth3”, “subnet_label”: “data1”, “tagged”: false}, {“data_ip”: “172.16.234.76”, “name”: “eth4”, “subnet_label”: “data2”, “tagged”: false}]}], “creation_time”: 1586411356, “group_leader_array”: “ansibler1-va”, “id”: “177321e77f009f2013000000000000000000000002”, “iscsi_automatic_connection_method”: true, “iscsi_connection_rebalancing”: true, “last_active”: 1592210265, “last_modified”: 1586411318, “mgmt_ip”: “10.18.171.96”, “name”: “backup”, “role”: “backup”, “route_list”: [{“gateway”: “10.18.160.1”, “tgt_netmask”: “0.0.0.0”, “tgt_network”: “0.0.0.0”}], “secondary_mgmt_ip”: “”, “subnet_list”: [{“allow_group”: false, “allow_iscsi”: false, “discovery_ip”: “”, “failover”: true, “failover_enable_time”: 0, “label”: “mgmt-data”, “mtu”: 1500, “netmask”: “255.255.224.0”, “network”: “10.18.160.0”, “netzone_type”: “none”, “type”: “mgmt”, “vlan_id”: 0}, {“allow_group”: true, “allow_iscsi”: true, “discovery_ip”: “172.16.41.140”, “failover”: true, “failover_enable_time”: 0, “label”: “data1”, “mtu”: 1500, “netmask”: “255.255.224.0”, “network”: “172.16.32.0”, “netzone_type”: “single”, “type”: “data”, “vlan_id”: 0}, {“allow_group”: true, “allow_iscsi”: true, “discovery_ip”: “172.16.234.101”, “failover”: true, “failover_enable_time”: 0, “label”: “data2”, “mtu”: 1500, “netmask”: “255.255.224.0”, “network”: “172.16.224.0”, “netzone_type”: “single”, “type”: “data”, “vlan_id”: 0}]}], “pools”: [{“array_count”: 1, “dedupe_all_volumes”: false, “dedupe_capable”: false, “is_default”: true, “name”: “default”, “vol_list”: [{“id”: “0675a5e21cc205c609000000000000000000000001”, “name”: “vol1”, “vol_id”: “0675a5e21cc205c609000000000000000000000001”, “vol_name”: “vol1”}, {“id”: “067321e77f009f2013000000000000000000000271”, “name”: “volumetc-vol1-0-24-07-2020-71470d6d-cd6e-11ea-9165-00505696c568”, “vol_id”: “067321e77f009f2013000000000000000000000271”, “vol_name”: “volumetc-vol1-0-24-07-2020-71470d6d-cd6e-11ea-9165-00505696c568”}, {“id”: “067321e77f009f201300000000000000000000024d”, “name”: “ansible-vol1”, “vol_id”: “067321e77f009f201300000000000000000000024d”, “vol_name”: “ansible-vol1”}]}]}, “default”: {“arrays”: [{“all_flash”: false, “extended_model”: “vmware-4G-5T-160F”, “full_name”: “ansibler1-va”}], “disks”: 16, “folders”: 0, “groups”: [{“auto_switchover_messages”: [], “default_iscsi_target_scope”: “group”, “encryption_config”: {“cipher”: “aes_256_xts”, “encryption_active”: true, “encryption_key_manager”: “local”, “master_key_set”: true, “mode”: “available”, “scope”: “group”}, “fc_enabled”: false, “iscsi_enabled”: true, “leader_array_name”: “ansibler1-va”, “name”: “group-ansibler1-va”, “num_snaps”: 49}], “initiator_groups”: 1, “protection_schedules”: 6, “protection_templates”: 3, “protocol_endpoints”: 0, “snapshot_collections”: 49, “snapshots”: 49, “software_versions”: “5.2.2.0-730069-opt”, “users”: 2, “volume_collections”: 1, “volumes”: 3}, “snapshots”: [{“access_control_records”: null, “agent_type”: “none”, “app_uuid”: “”, “creation_time”: 1586429663, “description”: “Replicated by protection policy volcoll2 schedule Schedule-new”, “expiry_after”: 1, “expiry_time”: 0, “id”: “0475a5e21cc205c609000000000000000200000004”, “is_manually_managed”: true, “is_replica”: true, “is_unmanaged”: false, “last_modified”: 1586429956, “metadata”: null, “name”: “adfsasfasfasf”, “new_data_compressed_bytes”: 0, “new_data_uncompressed_bytes”: 0, “new_data_valid”: true, “offline_reason”: “user”, “online”: false, “origin_name”: “”, “pool_name”: “default”, “replication_status”: null, “schedule_id”: “0c7321e77f009f2013000000000000000000000008”, “schedule_name”: “Schedule-new”, “serial_number”: “022e0240e677ef2f6c9ce9006cc7be73”, “size”: 1073741824, “snap_collection_id”: “0575a5e21cc205c609000000000000000000000004”, “snap_collection_name”: “adfsasfasfasf”, “target_name”: “iqn.2007-11.com.nimblestorage:group-ansibler1-va-g7321e77f009f2013”, “vol_id”: “0675a5e21cc205c609000000000000000000000001”, “vol_name”: “vol1”, “vpd_ieee0”: “022e0240e677ef2f”, “vpd_ieee1”: “6c9ce9006cc7be73”, “vpd_t10”: “Nimble 022e0240e677ef2f6c9ce9006cc7be73”, “writable”: false}], “volume_collections”: [{“volcoll2”: {“id”: “077321e77f009f2013000000000000000000000005”, “name”: “volcoll2”}}], “volumes”: [{“10.18.180.239-ansible-vol1”: {“id”: “067321e77f009f2013000000000000000000000230”, “name”: “10.18.180.239-ansible-vol1”}}, {“changed-volname”: {“id”: “067321e77f009f201300000000000000000000022f”, “name”: “changed-volname”}}]}

Authors

  • HPE Nimble Storage Ansible Team (@ar-india)