netapp.elementsw.na_elementsw_volume module – NetApp Element Software Manage Volumes

Note

This module is part of the netapp.elementsw collection (version 21.7.0).

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.elementsw. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp.elementsw.na_elementsw_volume.

Note

The netapp.elementsw collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 10. See the discussion thread for more information.

New in netapp.elementsw 2.7.0

Synopsis

  • Create, destroy, or update volumes on ElementSW

Requirements

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

  • The modules were developed with SolidFire 10.1

  • solidfire-sdk-python (1.1.0.92) or greater. Install using ‘pip install solidfire-sdk-python’

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access

string

Access allowed for the volume.

readOnly Only read operations are allowed.

readWrite Reads and writes are allowed.

locked No reads or writes are allowed.

replicationTarget Identify a volume as the target volume for a paired set of volumes.

If the volume is not paired, the access status is locked.

If unspecified, the access settings of the clone will be the same as the source.

Choices:

  • "readOnly"

  • "readWrite"

  • "locked"

  • "replicationTarget"

account_id

string / required

Account ID for the owner of this volume.

It accepts Account_id or Account_name

attributes

dictionary

A YAML dictionary of attributes that you would like to apply on this volume.

enable512e

aliases: enable512emulation

boolean

Required when state=present

Should the volume provide 512-byte sector emulation?

Choices:

  • false

  • true

hostname

string / required

The hostname or IP address of the SolidFire cluster.

For na_elementsw_cluster, the Management IP (MIP) or hostname of the node to initiate the cluster creation from.

name

string / required

The name of the volume to manage.

It accepts volume_name or volume_id

password

aliases: pass

string / required

Password for the specified user.

qos

dictionary

Initial quality of service settings for this volume. Configure as dict in playbooks.

qos_policy_name

string

Quality of service policy for this volume.

It can be a name or an id.

Mutually exclusive with qos option.

size

integer

The size of the volume in (size_unit).

Required when state = present.

size_unit

string

The unit used to interpret the size parameter.

Choices:

  • "bytes"

  • "b"

  • "kb"

  • "mb"

  • "gb" ← (default)

  • "tb"

  • "pb"

  • "eb"

  • "zb"

  • "yb"

state

string

Whether the specified volume should exist or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

username

aliases: user

string / required

Please ensure that the user has the adequate permissions. For more information, please read the official documentation https://mysupport.netapp.com/documentation/docweb/index.html?productID=62636&language=en-US.

Notes

Note

  • The modules prefixed with na\\_elementsw are built to support the SolidFire storage platform.

Examples

- name: Create Volume
  na_elementsw_volume:
    hostname: "{{ elementsw_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ elementsw_username }}"
    password: "{{ elementsw_password }}"
    state: present
    name: AnsibleVol
    qos: {minIOPS: 1000, maxIOPS: 20000, burstIOPS: 50000}
    account_id: 3
    enable512e: False
    size: 1
    size_unit: gb

- name: Update Volume
  na_elementsw_volume:
    hostname: "{{ elementsw_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ elementsw_username }}"
    password: "{{ elementsw_password }}"
    state: present
    name: AnsibleVol
    account_id: 3
    access: readWrite

- name: Delete Volume
  na_elementsw_volume:
    hostname: "{{ elementsw_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ elementsw_username }}"
    password: "{{ elementsw_password }}"
    state: absent
    name: AnsibleVol
    account_id: 2

Return Values

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

Key

Description

msg

string

Success message

Returned: success

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)