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vmware_target_canonical_facts - Return canonical (NAA) from an ESXi host¶

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis
Requirements (on host that executes module)
Options
Examples
- Status

Synopsis ¶

Return canonical (NAA) from an ESXi host based on SCSI target ID

Requirements (on host that executes module)¶

Tested on vSphere 5.5

PyVmomi installed

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
hostname	yes			The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter.
password	yes			The password of the vSphere vCenter. aliases: pass, pwd
target_id	yes			The target id based on order of scsi device
username	yes			The username of the vSphere vCenter. aliases: user, admin
validate_certs	no	True	True False	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.

Examples ¶

# Example vmware_target_canonical_facts command from Ansible Playbooks
- name: Get Canonical name
  local_action:
    module: vmware_target_canonical_facts
    hostname: "{{ ansible_ssh_host }}"
    username: root
    password: vmware
    target_id: 7

Status ¶

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

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