netapp_eseries.santricity.netapp_e_volume module – NetApp E-Series manage storage volumes (standard and thin)
Note
This module is part of the netapp_eseries.santricity collection (version 1.4.0).
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 netapp_eseries.santricity.
To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp_eseries.santricity.netapp_e_volume.
New in netapp_eseries.santricity 2.2
Synopsis
Create or remove volumes (standard and thin) for NetApp E/EF-series storage arrays.
Parameters
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The password to authenticate with the SANtricity Web Services Proxy or Embedded Web Services API. |
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The url to the SANtricity Web Services Proxy or Embedded Web Services API. Example https://prod-1.wahoo.acme.com/devmgr/v2 |
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The username to authenticate with the SANtricity Web Services Proxy or Embedded Web Services API. |
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Indicates whether caching should be used without battery backup. Warning, ERROR while parsing: While parsing “M(cache_without_batteries==true)” at index 10: Module name “cache_without_batteries==true” is not a FQCN and the storage system looses power and there is no battery backup, data will be lost! Choices:
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Determines whether data assurance (DA) should be enabled for the volume Only available when creating a new volume and on a storage pool with drives supporting the DA capability. Choices:
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Duration in seconds before the wait_for_initialization operation will terminate. ERROR while parsing: While parsing “M(wait_for_initialization==True)” at index 1: Module name “wait_for_initialization==True” is not a FQCN to have any effect on module’s operations. |
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Dictionary containing meta data for the use, user, location, etc of the volume (dictionary is arbitrarily defined for whatever the user deems useful) When workload_name exists on the storage array but the metadata is different then the workload definition will be updated. (Changes will update all associated volumes!) workload_name must be specified when metadata are defined. |
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The name of the volume to manage. |
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Specifies which controller will be the primary owner of the volume Not specifying will allow the controller to choose ownership. Choices:
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Indicates whether or not automatic cache read-ahead is enabled. This option has no effect on thinly provisioned volumes since the architecture for thin volumes cannot benefit from read ahead caching. Choices:
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Indicates whether read caching should be enabled for the volume. Choices:
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Segment size of the volume All values are in kibibytes. Some common choices include ‘8’, ‘16’, ‘32’, ‘64’, ‘128’, ‘256’, and ‘512’ but options are system dependent. Retrieve the definitive system list from ERROR while parsing: While parsing “M(netapp_e_facts)” at index 42: Module name “netapp_e_facts” is not a FQCN under segment_sizes. When the storage pool is a raidDiskPool then the segment size must be 128kb. Segment size migrations are not allowed in this module Default: |
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Required only when state==’present’. Size of the volume in size_unit. Size of the virtual volume in the case of a thin volume in size_unit. Maximum virtual volume size of a thin provisioned volume is 256tb; however other OS-level restrictions may exist. |
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The unit used to interpret the size parameter Choices:
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Whether an existing SSD cache should be enabled on the volume (fails if no SSD cache defined) The default value is to ignore existing SSD cache setting. Choices:
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The ID of the array to manage. This value must be unique for each array. Default: |
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Whether the specified volume should exist Choices:
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Required only when requested state==’present’. Name of the storage pool wherein the volume should reside. |
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Whether the volume should be thin provisioned. Thin volumes can only be created when raid_level==”raidDiskPool”. Generally, use of thin-provisioning is not recommended due to performance impacts. Choices:
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This is the thin volume expansion policy. When thin_volume_expansion_policy==”automatic” and thin_volume_growth_alert_threshold is exceed the thin_volume_max_repo_size will be automatically expanded. When thin_volume_expansion_policy==”manual” and thin_volume_growth_alert_threshold is exceeded the storage system will wait for manual intervention. The thin volume_expansion policy can not be modified on existing thin volumes in this module. Generally speaking you should almost always use thin_volume_expansion_policy==”automatic. Choices:
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This is the thin provision repository utilization threshold (in percent). When the percentage of used storage of the maximum repository size exceeds this value then a alert will be issued and the thin_volume_expansion_policy will be executed. Values must be between or equal to 10 and 99. Default: |
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This is the maximum amount the thin volume repository will be allowed to grow. Only has significance when thin_volume_expansion_policy==”automatic”. When the percentage thin_volume_repo_size of thin_volume_max_repo_size exceeds thin_volume_growth_alert_threshold then a warning will be issued and the storage array will execute the thin_volume_expansion_policy policy. Expansion operations when thin_volume_expansion_policy==”automatic” will increase the maximum repository size. The default will be the same as size (in size_unit) |
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This value (in size_unit) sets the allocated space for the thin provisioned repository. Initial value must between or equal to 4gb and 256gb in increments of 4gb. During expansion operations the increase must be between or equal to 4gb and 256gb in increments of 4gb. This option has no effect during expansion if thin_volume_expansion_policy==”automatic”. Generally speaking you should almost always use thin_volume_expansion_policy==”automatic. |
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Should https certificates be validated? Choices:
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Forces the module to wait for expansion operations to complete before continuing. Choices:
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Label for the workload defined by the metadata. When workload_name and metadata are specified then the defined workload will be added to the storage array. When workload_name exists on the storage array but the metadata is different then the workload definition will be updated. (Changes will update all associated volumes!) Existing workloads can be retrieved using ERROR while parsing: While parsing “M(netapp_e_facts)” at index 43: Module name “netapp_e_facts” is not a FQCN. |
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Indicates whether write-back caching should be enabled for the volume. Choices:
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Notes
Note
The E-Series Ansible modules require either an instance of the Web Services Proxy (WSP), to be available to manage the storage-system, or an E-Series storage-system that supports the Embedded Web Services API.
Embedded Web Services is currently available on the E2800, E5700, EF570, and newer hardware models.
ERROR while parsing: While parsing “M(netapp_e_storage_system)” at index 1: Module name “netapp_e_storage_system” is not a FQCN may be utilized for configuring the systems managed by a WSP instance.
Examples
- name: Create simple volume with workload tags (volume meta data)
netapp_e_volume:
ssid: "{{ ssid }}"
api_url: "{{ netapp_api_url }}"
api_username: "{{ netapp_api_username }}"
api_password: "{{ netapp_api_password }}"
validate_certs: "{{ netapp_api_validate_certs }}"
state: present
name: volume
storage_pool_name: storage_pool
size: 300
size_unit: gb
workload_name: volume_tag
metadata:
key1: value1
key2: value2
- name: Create a thin volume
netapp_e_volume:
ssid: "{{ ssid }}"
api_url: "{{ netapp_api_url }}"
api_username: "{{ netapp_api_username }}"
api_password: "{{ netapp_api_password }}"
validate_certs: "{{ netapp_api_validate_certs }}"
state: present
name: volume1
storage_pool_name: storage_pool
size: 131072
size_unit: gb
thin_provision: true
thin_volume_repo_size: 32
thin_volume_max_repo_size: 1024
- name: Expand thin volume's virtual size
netapp_e_volume:
ssid: "{{ ssid }}"
api_url: "{{ netapp_api_url }}"
api_username: "{{ netapp_api_username }}"
api_password: "{{ netapp_api_password }}"
validate_certs: "{{ netapp_api_validate_certs }}"
state: present
name: volume1
storage_pool_name: storage_pool
size: 262144
size_unit: gb
thin_provision: true
thin_volume_repo_size: 32
thin_volume_max_repo_size: 1024
- name: Expand thin volume's maximum repository size
netapp_e_volume:
ssid: "{{ ssid }}"
api_url: "{{ netapp_api_url }}"
api_username: "{{ netapp_api_username }}"
api_password: "{{ netapp_api_password }}"
validate_certs: "{{ netapp_api_validate_certs }}"
state: present
name: volume1
storage_pool_name: storage_pool
size: 262144
size_unit: gb
thin_provision: true
thin_volume_repo_size: 32
thin_volume_max_repo_size: 2048
- name: Delete volume
netapp_e_volume:
ssid: "{{ ssid }}"
api_url: "{{ netapp_api_url }}"
api_username: "{{ netapp_api_username }}"
api_password: "{{ netapp_api_password }}"
validate_certs: "{{ netapp_api_validate_certs }}"
state: absent
name: volume
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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State of volume Returned: always Sample: |