vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_storage_policies_info module – Returns information about at most 1024 visible (subject to permission checks) storage solicies availabe in vCenter

Note

This module is part of the vmware.vmware_rest collection (version 2.2.0).

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 vmware.vmware_rest.

To use it in a playbook, specify: vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_storage_policies_info.

New in version 0.3.0: of vmware.vmware_rest

Synopsis

  • Returns information about at most 1024 visible (subject to permission checks) storage solicies availabe in vCenter. These storage policies can be used for provisioning virtual machines or disks.

Requirements

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

  • vSphere 7.0.2 or greater

  • python >= 3.6

  • aiohttp

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

policies

list / elements=string

Identifiers of storage policies that can match the filter.

session_timeout

float

added in 2.1.0 of vmware.vmware_rest

Timeout settings for client session.

The maximal number of seconds for the whole operation including connection establishment, request sending and response.

The default value is 300s.

vcenter_hostname

string / required

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

vcenter_password

string / required

The vSphere vCenter password

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

vcenter_rest_log_file

string

You can use this optional parameter to set the location of a log file.

This file will be used to record the HTTP REST interaction.

The file will be stored on the host that run the module.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of

environment variable VMWARE_REST_LOG_FILE will be used instead.

vcenter_username

string / required

The vSphere vCenter username

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

vcenter_validate_certs

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 7.0.2

Examples

- name: List existing storage policies
  vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_storage_policies_info:
  register: storage_policies

Return Values

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

Key

Description

value

list / elements=string

List existing storage policies

Returned: On success

Sample: [{“description”: “Management Storage policy used for VMC large cluster”, “name”: “Management Storage Policy - Large”, “policy”: “cd8f7c94-3e11-67fc-17f5-4e96d91a5beb”}, {“description”: “Allow the datastore to determine the best placement strategy for storage objects”, “name”: “VVol No Requirements Policy”, “policy”: “f4e5bade-15a2-4805-bf8e-52318c4ce443”}, {“description”: “Management Storage policy used for smaller VMC Stretched Cluster configuration.”, “name”: “Management Storage Policy - Stretched Lite”, “policy”: “d109de24-c966-428f-8da2-d281e6671e35”}, {“description”: “Sample storage policy for VMware\u0027s VM and virtual disk encryption”, “name”: “VM Encryption Policy”, “policy”: “4d5f673c-536f-11e6-beb8-9e71128cae77”}, {“description”: “Management Storage policy used for encrypting VM”, “name”: “Management Storage policy - Encryption”, “policy”: “b1263970-8662-69e2-adc6-fa8ae01abecc”}, {“description”: “Management Storage policy used for VMC single node cluster”, “name”: “Management Storage Policy - Single Node”, “policy”: “a9423670-7455-11e8-adc0-fa7ae01bbebc”}, {“description”: “Storage policy used as default for Host-local PMem datastores”, “name”: “Host-local PMem Default Storage Policy”, “policy”: “c268da1b-b343-49f7-a468-b1deeb7078e0”}, {“description”: “Storage policy used as default for vSAN datastores”, “name”: “vSAN Default Storage Policy”, “policy”: “aa6d5a82-1c88-45da-85d3-3d74b91a5bad”}, {“description”: “Management Storage policy used for VMC regular cluster”, “name”: “Management Storage Policy - Regular”, “policy”: “bb7e6b13-2d99-46eb-96e4-3d85c91a5bde”}, {“description”: “Management Storage policy used for VMC regular cluster which requires THIN provisioning”, “name”: “Management Storage policy - Thin”, “policy”: “b6423670-8552-66e8-adc1-fa6ae01abeac”}, {“description”: “Management Storage policy used for VMC stretched cluster”, “name”: “Management Storage Policy - Stretched”, “policy”: “f31f2442-8247-4517-87c2-8d69d7a6c696”}]

Authors

  • Ansible Cloud Team (@ansible-collections)