New in version 2.5.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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cluster | Cluster to search for datastores. If set, facts of datastores belonging this clusters will be returned. This parameter is required, if datacenter is not supplied. | |
datacenter | Datacenter to search for datastores. This parameter is required, if cluster is not supplied. | |
hostname str | 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.Environment variable supported added in version 2.6. | |
name | Name of the datastore to match. If set, facts of specific datastores are returned. | |
password str | 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.Environment variable supported added in version 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd | |
port int (added in 2.5) | Default: 443 | 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.Environment variable supported added in version 2.6. |
username str | 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.Environment variable supported added in version 2.6. aliases: admin, user | |
validate_certs bool |
| 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.Environment variable supported added in version 2.6. If set to yes , please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. |
Note
- name: Gather facts from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter' vmware_datastore_facts: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' datacenter: '{{ datacenter_name }}' validate_certs: no delegate_to: localhost register: facts - name: Gather facts from datacenter about specific datastore vmware_datastore_facts: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' datacenter: '{{ datacenter_name }}' name: datastore1 delegate_to: localhost register: facts
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
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datastores list | always | metadata about the available datastores Sample: [{'accessible': False, 'freeSpace': 39638269952, 'multipleHostAccess': False, 'capacity': 42681237504, 'name': 'datastore2', 'provisioned': 12289211488, 'url': 'ds:///vmfs/volumes/5a69b18a-c03cd88c-36ae-5254001249ce/', 'datastore_cluster': 'datacluster0', 'uncommitted': 9246243936, 'type': 'VMFS', 'maintenanceMode': 'normal'}] |
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