community.vmware.vmware_datastore module – Configure Datastores

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 4.8.0).

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_datastore.

New in community.vmware 3.0.0

Synopsis

  • Configure Storage I/O Control Settings of a Datastore.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

congestion_threshold_manual

integer

Storage I/O congestion threshold in ms.

Only use congestion_threshold_percentage or congestion_threshold_manual.

Only valid when storage_io_control=enable_io_statistics.

congestion_threshold_percentage

integer

Storage I/O congestion threshold in percentage of peak throughput.

A value between 50% and 100%.

Recommended: 90%

Only use congestion_threshold_percentage or congestion_threshold_manual.

Only valid when storage_io_control=enable_io_statistics.

Default: 90

datacenter

aliases: datacenter_name

string

Datacenter to search for the datastores.

hostname

string

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

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

name

string / required

Name of the datastore.

password

aliases: pass, pwd

string

The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi 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 or ESXi 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

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

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.

statistic_collection

boolean

Include I/O statistics for SDRS.

Only valid when storage_io_control=enable_io_statistics or storage_io_control=enable_statistics.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

storage_io_control

string / required

Specify datastore typ.

Choices:

  • "enable_io_statistics"

  • "enable_statistics"

  • "disable"

username

aliases: admin, user

string

The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi 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 requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Examples

- name: Configure Storage I/O Control of an mounted datastore
  community.vmware.vmware_datastore_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter_name: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    name: datastore1
    storage_io_control: 'enable_io_statistics'
    congestion_threshold_manual: 30
    statistic_collection: true
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: info

Return Values

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

Key

Description

result

string

Information about datastore operation.

Returned: always

Sample: "Datastore configured successfully."

Authors

  • Nina Loser (@Nina2244)