netapp.ontap.na_ontap_aggregate module – NetApp ONTAP manage aggregates.

Note

This module is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 22.10.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp.ontap.na_ontap_aggregate.

New in netapp.ontap 2.6.0

Synopsis

  • Create, delete, or manage aggregates on ONTAP.

Requirements

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

  • Ansible 2.9 or later - 2.12 or later is recommended.

  • Python3 - 3.9 or later is recommended.

  • When using ZAPI, netapp-lib 2018.11.13 or later (install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’), netapp-lib 2020.3.12 is strongly recommended as it provides better error reporting for connection issues

  • a physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system, the modules support Data ONTAP 9.1 and onward, REST support requires ONTAP 9.6 or later

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

allow_flexgroups

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 22.3.0

This optional parameter allows attaching object store to an aggregate containing FlexGroup constituents. The default value is false.

Mixing FabricPools and non-FabricPools within a FlexGroup is not recommended.

All aggregates hosting constituents of a FlexGroup should be attached to the object store.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

cert_filepath

string

added in netapp.ontap 20.6.0

path to SSL client cert file (.pem).

not supported with python 2.6.

disk_class

string

added in netapp.ontap 21.16.0

Class of disk to use to build aggregate.

capacity_flash is listed in swagger, but rejected as invalid by ONTAP.

Choices:

  • "capacity"

  • "performance"

  • "archive"

  • "solid_state"

  • "array"

  • "virtual"

  • "data_center"

  • "capacity_flash"

disk_count

integer

Number of disks to place into the aggregate, including parity disks.

The disks in this newly-created aggregate come from the spare disk pool.

The smallest disks in this pool join the aggregate first, unless the disk-size argument is provided.

Either disk-count or disks must be supplied. Range [0..2^31-1].

Required when state=present.

Modifiable only if specified disk_count is larger than current disk_count.

Cannot create raidgroup with 1 disk when using raid type raid4.

If the disk_count % raid_size == 1, only disk_count/raid_size * raid_size will be added.

If disk_count is 6, raid_type is raid4, raid_size 4, all 6 disks will be added.

If disk_count is 5, raid_type is raid4, raid_size 4, 5/4 * 4 = 4 will be added. 1 will not be added.

With REST, nodes is required if disk_count is present.

disk_size

integer

added in netapp.ontap 2.7.0

Disk size to use in 4K block size. Disks within 10% of specified size will be used.

With REST, this is converted to bytes using 4096. Use disk_size_with_unit to skip the conversion.

disk_size_with_unit

string

Disk size to use in the specified unit.

It is a positive integer number followed by unit of T/G/M/K. For example, 72G, 1T and 32M.

Or the unit can be omitted for bytes (REST also accepts B).

This option is ignored if a specific list of disks is specified through the “disks” parameter.

You must only use one of either “disk-size” or “disk-size-with-unit” parameters.

With REST, this is converted to bytes, assuming K=1024.

disk_type

string

added in netapp.ontap 2.7.0

Type of disk to use to build aggregate.

Not supported with REST - see disk_class.

SSD-NVM, SSD-CAP were added with ONTAP 9.6.

VMLUN was added with ONTAP 9.9.

Choices:

  • "ATA"

  • "BSAS"

  • "FCAL"

  • "FSAS"

  • "LUN"

  • "MSATA"

  • "SAS"

  • "SSD"

  • "SSD-CAP"

  • "SSD-NVM"

  • "VMDISK"

  • "VMLUN"

  • "VMLUN-SSD"

disks

list / elements=string

added in netapp.ontap 2.8.0

Specific list of disks to use for the new aggregate.

To create a “mirrored” aggregate with a specific list of disks, both ‘disks’ and ‘mirror_disks’ options must be supplied. Additionally, the same number of disks must be supplied in both lists.

Not supported with REST.

encryption

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 21.14.0

whether to enable software encryption.

this is equivalent to -encrypt-with-aggr-key when using the CLI.

requires a VE license.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

feature_flags

dictionary

added in netapp.ontap 20.5.0

Enable or disable a new feature.

This can be used to enable an experimental feature or disable a new feature that breaks backward compatibility.

Supported keys and values are subject to change without notice. Unknown keys are ignored.

force_ontap_version

string

added in netapp.ontap 21.23.0

Override the cluster ONTAP version when using REST.

The behavior is undefined if the version does not match the target cluster.

This is provided as a work-around when the cluster version cannot be read because of permission issues. See https://github.com/ansible-collections/netapp.ontap/wiki/Known-issues.

This should be in the form 9.10 or 9.10.1 with each element being an integer number.

When use_rest is set to auto, this may force a switch to ZAPI based on the version and platform capabilities.

Ignored with ZAPI.

from_name

string

added in netapp.ontap 2.7.0

Name of the aggregate to be renamed.

hostname

string / required

The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.

http_port

integer

Override the default port (80 or 443) with this port

https

boolean

Enable and disable https.

Ignored when using REST as only https is supported.

Ignored when using SSL certificate authentication as it requires SSL.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

ignore_pool_checks

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 20.8.0

only valid when disks option is used.

disks in a plex should belong to the same spare pool, and mirror disks to another spare pool.

when set to true, these checks are ignored.

Ignored with REST as disks is not supported.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

is_mirrored

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 2.8.0

Specifies that the new aggregate be mirrored (have two plexes).

If set to true, then the indicated disks will be split across the two plexes. By default, the new aggregate will not be mirrored.

This option cannot be used when a specific list of disks is supplied with either the ‘disks’ or ‘mirror_disks’ options.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

key_filepath

string

added in netapp.ontap 20.6.0

path to SSL client key file.

mirror_disks

list / elements=string

added in netapp.ontap 2.8.0

List of mirror disks to use. It must contain the same number of disks specified in ‘disks’.

Not supported with REST.

name

string / required

The name of the aggregate to manage.

nodes

list / elements=string

Node(s) for the aggregate to be created on. If no node specified, mgmt lif home will be used.

ZAPI only - if multiple nodes specified an aggr stripe will be made.

With REST, only one node can be specified. If disk_count is present, node name is required.

object_store_name

string

added in netapp.ontap 2.9.0

Name of the object store configuration attached to the aggregate.

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

raid_size

integer

added in netapp.ontap 2.7.0

Sets the maximum number of drives per raid group.

raid_type

string

added in netapp.ontap 2.7.0

Specifies the type of RAID groups to use in the new aggregate.

raid_0 is only available on ONTAP Select.

Choices:

  • "raid4"

  • "raid_dp"

  • "raid_tec"

  • "raid_0"

service_state

string

Whether the specified aggregate should be enabled or disabled. Creates aggregate if doesnt exist.

Supported from 9.11.1 or later in REST.

Choices:

  • "online"

  • "offline"

snaplock_type

string

added in netapp.ontap 20.1.0

Type of snaplock for the aggregate being created.

Choices:

  • "compliance"

  • "enterprise"

  • "non_snaplock"

spare_pool

string

added in netapp.ontap 2.8.0

Specifies the spare pool from which to select spare disks to use in creation of a new aggregate.

Not supported with REST.

Choices:

  • "Pool0"

  • "Pool1"

state

string

Whether the specified aggregate should exist or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

list / elements=string

added in netapp.ontap 22.6.0

Tags are an optional way to track the uses of a resource.

Tag values must be formatted as key:value strings, example [“team:csi”, “environment:test”]

time_out

integer

added in netapp.ontap 2.8.0

time to wait for aggregate creation in seconds.

default is set to 100 seconds.

Default: 100

unmount_volumes

boolean

If set to “true”, this option specifies that all of the volumes hosted by the given aggregate are to be unmounted before the offline operation is executed.

By default, the system will reject any attempt to offline an aggregate that hosts one or more online volumes.

Not supported with REST, by default REST unmount volumes when trying to offline aggregate.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

use_rest

string

Whether to use REST or ZAPI.

always – will always use the REST API if the module supports REST. A warning is issued if the module does not support REST. An error is issued if a module option is not supported in REST.

never – will always use ZAPI if the module supports ZAPI. An error may be issued if a REST option is not supported in ZAPI.

auto – will try to use the REST API if the module supports REST and modules options are supported. Reverts to ZAPI otherwise.

Default: "auto"

username

aliases: user

string

This can be a Cluster-scoped or SVM-scoped account, depending on whether a Cluster-level or SVM-level API is required.

For more information, please read the documentation https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/nmsdk/9.4/.

Two authentication methods are supported

  1. basic authentication, using username and password,

  2. SSL certificate authentication, using a ssl client cert file, and optionally a private key file.

To use a certificate, the certificate must have been installed in the ONTAP cluster, and cert authentication must have been enabled.

validate_certs

boolean

If set to no, the SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only set to False used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait_for_online

boolean

added in netapp.ontap 2.8.0

Set this parameter to ‘true’ for synchronous execution during create (wait until aggregate status is online).

Set this parameter to ‘false’ for asynchronous execution.

For asynchronous, execution exits as soon as the request is sent, without checking aggregate status.

Ignored with REST (always wait).

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

Notes

Note

  • supports check_mode.

  • support ZAPI and REST.

  • The modules prefixed with na_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

  • https is enabled by default and recommended. To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’

Examples

- name: Create Aggregates and wait 5 minutes until aggregate is online in ZAPI.
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_aggregate:
    state: present
    service_state: online
    name: ansibleAggr
    disk_count: 10
    wait_for_online: True
    time_out: 300
    snaplock_type: non_snaplock
    use_rest: never
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Create Aggregates in REST.
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_aggregate:
    state: present
    service_state: online
    name: ansibleAggr
    disk_count: 10
    nodes: ontap-node
    snaplock_type: non_snaplock
    use_rest: always
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Manage Aggregates in ZAPI, modify service state.
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_aggregate:
    state: present
    service_state: offline
    unmount_volumes: true
    name: ansibleAggr
    disk_count: 10
    use_rest: never
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Manage Aggregates in REST, increase disk count.
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_aggregate:
    state: present
    name: ansibleAggr
    disk_count: 20
    nodes: ontap-node
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Attach object store
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_aggregate:
    state: present
    name: aggr4
    object_store_name: sgws_305
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Rename Aggregates
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_aggregate:
    state: present
    service_state: online
    from_name: ansibleAggr
    name: ansibleAggr2
    disk_count: 20
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Delete Aggregates
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_aggregate:
    state: absent
    service_state: offline
    unmount_volumes: true
    name: ansibleAggr
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)