hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_performance_policy module – Manage the HPE Nimble Storage performance policies

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_performance_policy.

New in version 1.0.0: of hpe.nimble

Synopsis

  • Manage the performance policies on an HPE Nimble Storage group.

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

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app_category

string

Specifies the application category of the associated volume.

block_size

integer

Block Size in bytes to be used by the volumes created with this specific performance policy. Supported block sizes are 4096 bytes (4 KB), 8192 bytes (8 KB), 16384 bytes(16 KB), and 32768 bytes (32 KB). Block size of a performance policy cannot be changed once the performance policy is created.

cache

boolean

Flag denoting if data in the associated volume should be cached.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

cache_policy

string

Specifies how data of associated volume should be cached. Normal policy caches data but skips in certain conditions such as sequential I/O. Aggressive policy will accelerate caching of all data belonging to this volume, regardless of sequentiality.

Choices:

  • disabled

  • normal

  • aggressive

  • no_write

  • aggressive_read_no_write

change_name

string

Change name of the existing performance policy.

compress

boolean

Flag denoting if data in the associated volume should be compressed.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

dedupe

boolean

Specifies if dedupe is enabled for volumes created with this performance policy.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

description

string

Description of a performance policy.

host

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage IP address.

name

string / required

Name of the performance policy.

password

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage password.

space_policy

string

Specifies the state of the volume upon space constraint violation such as volume limit violation or volumes above their volume reserve, if the pool free space is exhausted. Supports two policies, ‘offline’ and ‘non_writable’.

Choices:

  • invalid

  • offline

  • non_writable

  • read_only

  • login_only

state

string / required

The performance policy operation.

Choices:

  • present

  • absent

  • create

username

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage user name.

Notes

Note

  • This module does not support check_mode.

Examples

# if state is create , then create a performance policy if not present. Fails if already present.
# if state is present, then create a performance policy if not present. Succeed if it already exists.
- name: Create performance policy if not present
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_performance_policy:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    state: "{{ state | default('present') }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    description: "{{ description }}"
    block_size: "{{ block_size }}"
    compress: "{{ compress }}"

- name: Delete performance policy
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_performance_policy:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    state: absent

Authors

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