netapp_e_hostgroup - Manage NetApp Storage Array Host Groups

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Create, update or destroy host groups on a NetApp E-Series storage array.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
api_password
yes
The password to authenticate with the SANtricity WebServices Proxy or embedded REST API.
api_url
yes
The url to the SANtricity WebServices Proxy or embedded REST API.
api_username
yes
The username to authenticate with the SANtricity WebServices Proxy or embedded REST API.
hosts:
no
a list of host names/labels to add to the group
id
no
The id number of the host group to manage. Either this or name must be supplied.
name
no
The name of the host group to manage. Either this or id_num must be supplied.
new_name
no
specify this when you need to update the name of a host group
ssid
yes
The ID of the array to manage (as configured on the web services proxy).
state
yes
  • present
  • absent
Whether the specified host group should exist or not.
validate_certs
no True
Should https certificates be validated?

Examples

- name: Configure Hostgroup
  netapp_e_hostgroup:
    ssid: "{{ ssid }}"
    api_url: "{{ netapp_api_url }}"
    api_username: "{{ netapp_api_username }}"
    api_password: "{{ netapp_api_password }}"
    validate_certs: "{{ netapp_api_validate_certs }}"
    state: present

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
clusterRef
The unique identification value for this object. Other objects may use this reference value to refer to the cluster.
always except when state is absent string 3233343536373839303132333100000000000000
confirmLUNMappingCreation
If true, indicates that creation of LUN-to-volume mappings should require careful confirmation from the end-user, since such a mapping will alter the volume access rights of other clusters, in addition to this one.
always boolean False
hosts
A list of the hosts that are part of the host group after all operations.
always except when state is absent list ['HostA', 'HostB']
id
The id number of the hostgroup
always except when state is absent string 3233343536373839303132333100000000000000
isSAControlled
If true, indicates that I/O accesses from this cluster are subject to the storage array's default LUN-to-volume mappings. If false, indicates that I/O accesses from the cluster are subject to cluster-specific LUN-to-volume mappings.
always except when state is absent boolean False
label
The user-assigned, descriptive label string for the cluster.
always string MyHostGroup
name
same as label
always except when state is absent string MyHostGroup
protectionInformationCapableAccessMethod
This field is true if the host has a PI capable access method.
always except when state is absent boolean True

Status

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

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