hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_pool module – Manage the HPE Nimble Storage pools

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_pool.

New in version 1.0.0: of hpe.nimble

Synopsis

  • Manage the storage pools 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

Comments

array_list

list / elements=dictionary

List of arrays in the pool with detailed information. To create or update array list, only array ID is required.

change_name

string

Change name of the existing pool.

dedupe_all_volumes

boolean

Indicates if dedupe is enabled by default for new volumes on this pool.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

description

string

Text description of pool.

force

boolean

Forcibly delete the specified pool even if it contains deleted volumes whose space is being reclaimed. Forcibly remove an array from array_list via an update operation even if the array is not reachable. There should no volumes in the pool for the force update operation to succeed.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

host

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage IP address.

is_default

boolean

Indicates if this is the default pool.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

merge

boolean

Merge the specified pool into the target pool. All volumes on the specified pool are moved to the target pool and the specified pool is then deleted. All the arrays in the pool are assigned to the target pool.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

name

string / required

Name of the pool.

password

string / required

HPE Nimble Storage password.

state

string / required

The pool operation.

Choices:

  • present

  • absent

  • create

target

string

Name of the target pool.

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

- name: Delete pool
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_pool:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    state: absent

Authors

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