community.vmware.vmware_host_disk_info module – Gathers information about disks attached to given ESXi host/s.

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 6.1.0).

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 community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_host_disk_info.

Synopsis

  • This module returns information about disks attached to given ESXi host/s

  • If cluster_name is provided, then disk information about all hosts from the given cluster will be returned.

  • If esxi_hostname is provided, then disk information about the given host system will be returned.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cluster_name

string

Name of the cluster from which the ESXi host belong to.

If esxi_hostname is not given, this parameter is required.

esxi_hostname

string

ESXi hostname to gather information from.

If cluster_name is not given, this parameter is required.

hostname

string

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter server.

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

password

aliases: pass, pwd

string

The password of the vSphere vCenter server.

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

port

integer

The port number of the vSphere vCenter server.

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

Default: 443

proxy_host

string

The address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

The format is a hostname or a IP.

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

proxy_port

integer

The port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

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

username

aliases: admin, user

string

The username of the vSphere vCenter server.

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

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)

Notes

Note

  • All modules require API write access and hence are not supported on a free ESXi license.

  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

  • Modules may rely on the ‘requests’ python library, which does not use the system certificate store by default. You can specify the certificate store by setting the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable. Note having this variable set may cause a ‘false’ value for the ‘validate_certs’ option to be ignored in some cases. Example: ‘export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/path/to/your/ca_bundle.pem’

Examples

- name: Gather info about vmhbas of all ESXi Host in the given Cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_host_disk_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: cluster_host_vmhbas

- name: Gather info about vmhbas of an ESXi Host
  community.vmware.vmware_host_disk_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: host_vmhbas

Return Values

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

Key

Description

hosts_disk_info

list / elements=string

list of information for all disks attached to each ESXi host

Returned: always

Sample: ["\"192.168.0.182\": [\n    {\n        \"canonical_name\": \"naa.6000c296ed6217bd61df35622eb21a3a\"", "\n        \"capacity_mb\": 4096", "\n        \"device_path\": \"/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000c296ed6217bd61df35622eb21a3a\"", "\n        \"device_type\": \"disk\"", "\n        \"device_ctd_list\": [\n            \"vmhba0:C0:T1:L0\"\n        ]", "\n        \"disk_uid\": \"key-vim.host.ScsiDisk-02000000006000c296ed6217bd61df35622eb21a3a566972747561\"", "\n        \"display_name\": \"Local VMware Disk (naa.6000c296ed6217bd61df35622eb21a3a)\"\n    }", "\n    {\n        \"canonical_name\": \"naa.6000c2968ad7142d93faae527fe8822b\"", "\n        \"capacity_mb\": 204800", "\n        \"device_path\": \"/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000c2968ad7142d93faae527fe8822b\"", "\n        \"device_type\": \"disk\"", "\n        \"device_ctd_list\": [\n            \"vmhba0:C0:T3:L0\"\n        ]", "\n        \"disk_uid\": \"key-vim.host.ScsiDisk-02000000006000c2968ad7142d93faae527fe8822b566972747561\"", "\n        \"display_name\": \"Local VMware Disk (naa.6000c2968ad7142d93faae527fe8822b)\"\n    }", "]"]

Authors

  • Matt Proud (@laidbackware)