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

Note

This module is part of the vmware.vmware_rest collection (version 3.0.1).

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 Compliance.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 7.0.3 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.

If unset or empty, compliance check is invoked on all the associated disks.

When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must contain the id of resources returned by vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk.

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.

The parameter must be the id of a resource returned by vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_info. 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 7.0.3

Examples

Authors

  • Ansible Cloud Team (@ansible-collections)