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vmware_datastore_facts - Gather facts about datastores

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Gather facts about datastores in VMWare

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
cluster
Cluster to search for datastores
This is required if datacenter is not supplied
datacenter
Datacenter to search for datastores
This is required if cluster is not supplied
hostname
required
The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter.
name
Name of a datastore to match
password
required
The password of the vSphere vCenter.

aliases: pass, pwd
port
(added in 2.5)
Default:
443
The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
username
required
The username of the vSphere vCenter.

aliases: user, admin
validate_certs
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
True
Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 5.5

Examples

- name: Gather facts from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter'
  vmware_datastore_facts:
    hostname: 192.168.1.209
    username: administrator@vsphere.local
    password: vmware
    datacenter: ha-datacenter
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: facts

Return Values

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

Key
Returned
Description
instance
dict
always
metadata about the available datastores

Sample:
None


Status

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

Author

  • Tim Rightnour (@garbled1)

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