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na_cdot_license - Manage NetApp cDOT protocol and feature licenses

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Add or remove licenses on NetApp ONTAP.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules were developed with Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3
  • Ansible 2.2
  • netapp-lib (2015.9.25). Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’

Options

parameter required default choices comments
hostname
 yes
The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.
licenses
 no
List of licenses to add or remove.
Please note that trying to remove a non-existent license will throw an error.
Dictionary object licenses
parameter required default choices comments
fcp
 no
FCP License
snaplock
 no
SnapLock License
v_storageattach
 no
Virtual Attached Storage License
cifs
 no
CIFS License
iscsi
 no
iSCSI License
flexclone
 no
FlexClone License
cdmi
 no
CDMI License
snaprestore
 no
SnapRestore License
snapprotectapps
 no
SnapProtectApp License
base
 no
Cluster Base License
nfs
 no
NFS License
snapmirror
 no
SnapMirror License
snapvault
 no
SnapVault License
snapmanagersuite
 no
SnapManagerSuite License
password
 yes
Password for the specified user.
remove_expired
 no
  • true
  • false
Remove licenses that have expired in the cluster.
remove_unused
 no
  • true
  • false
Remove licenses that have no controller affiliation in the cluster.
serial_number
 no None
Serial number of the node associated with the license.
This parameter is used primarily when removing license for a specific service.
If this parameter is not provided, the cluster serial number is used by default.
username
 yes
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://goo.gl/BRu78Z.

Examples

- name: Add licenses
  na_cdot_license:
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
    serial_number: #################
    licenses:
      nfs: #################
      cifs: #################
      iscsi: #################
      fcp: #################
      snaprestore: #################
      flexclone: #################

- name: Remove licenses
  na_cdot_license:
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
    remove_unused: false
    remove_expired: true
    serial_number: #################
    licenses:
      nfs: remove

Notes

Note

  • The modules prefixed with netapp\_cdot are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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