vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_storage_policy_compliance module – Returns the storage policy Compliance {@link Info} of a virtual machine after explicitly re-computing compliance check.

Note

This module is part of the vmware.vmware_rest collection (version 2.3.1).

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

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

New in vmware.vmware_rest 0.1.0

Synopsis

• Returns the storage policy Compliance {@link Info} of a virtual machine after explicitly re-computing compliance check.

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
disks list / elements=string	Identifiers of the virtual machine’s virtual disks for which compliance should be checked.
session_timeout float added in vmware.vmware_rest 2.1.0	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.
state string / required	Choices: "check"
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: false true ← (default)
vm string / required	Virtual machine identifier. This parameter is mandatory.
vm_home boolean / required	Invoke compliance check on the virtual machine home directory if set to true. This parameter is mandatory. Choices: false true

Notes

Note

• Tested on vSphere 7.0.2

Authors

• Ansible Cloud Team (@ansible-collections)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Homepage
• Repository (Sources)