hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_pav_alias_facts module – retrieves information about PAV aliases from VSP block storage systems.

Note

This module is part of the hitachivantara.vspone_block collection (version 4.9.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install hitachivantara.vspone_block. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_pav_alias_facts.

New in hitachivantara.vspone_block 4.6.0

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.9

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

connection_info

dictionary / required

Information required to establish a connection to the storage system.

address

string / required

IP address or hostname of the storage system.

api_token

string

Token used to operate on locked resources.

ca_cert

string

Path to a CA certificate file or directory on the Ansible control node used to verify the storage system SSL certificate.

Required when connection_info.validate_cert is true and the storage system uses a self-signed or privately issued certificate.

Accepts a PEM file path or a directory of hashed CA certificates.

client_cert

string

Path to client SSL certificate file or CA certificate directory for mutual TLS authentication.

Must be provided together with connection_info.client_key.

client_key

string

Path to the client private key file for mutual TLS authentication.

Must be provided together with connection_info.client_cert.

password

string

Password for authentication. This is a required field.

suppress_validate_cert_warning

boolean

Whether to suppress the SSL certificate validation warning.

When set to false (default), a warning is displayed if certificate validation is disabled.

Set to true to suppress the warning.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

username

string

Username for authentication. This is a required field.

validate_cert

boolean

Whether to validate the storage system SSL certificate.

When set to false (default), certificate validation is disabled. A security warning will be displayed unless connection_info.suppress_validate_cert_warning is true.

Set to true to enable certificate validation. When true, provide connection_info.ca_cert if the storage system uses a self-signed certificate.

Note: Starting with major version 5.0, the default value will change to true. It is strongly recommended to enable certificate validation in production environments.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

spec

dictionary

Specification for the PAV alias facts to be gathered.

alias_ldev_id

integer

The PAV LDEV ID to retrieve information for. Required for getting information about a specific PAV LDEV.

base_ldev_id

integer

The base LDEV ID to retrieve PAV aliases for. Required for getting PAV aliases for a specific base LDEV.

cu_number

integer

The CU (Control Unit) number to retrieve PAV aliases for. Required for getting PAV aliases for a specific control unit.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Determines if the module should run in check mode.

Examples

- name: Get PAV aliases for a specific control unit
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.hv_pav_alias_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: storage1.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "secret"
    spec:
      cu_number: "0"

- name: Get all PAV aliases
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.hv_pav_alias_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: storage1.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "secret"

Returned Facts

Facts returned by this module are added/updated in the hostvars host facts and can be referenced by name just like any other host fact. They do not need to be registered in order to use them.

Key

Description

pav_aliases

list / elements=dictionary

List of PAV aliases with their attributes.

Returned: success

c_base_volume_id

integer

Base volume ID for command device.

Returned: success

Sample: 100

cu_number

integer

Control Unit number.

Returned: success

Sample: 0

ldev_id

integer

Logical Device ID.

Returned: success

Sample: 102

pav_attribute

string

PAV attribute type.

Returned: success

Sample: "ALIAS"

s_base_volume_id

integer

Base volume ID for secondary device.

Returned: success

Sample: 100

Authors

  • Hitachi Vantara LTD (@hitachi-vantara)