aix_lvol - Configure AIX LVM logical volumes

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
Options
Examples
Return Values
- Status

Synopsis

This module creates, removes or resizes AIX logical volumes. Inspired by lvol module.

Options

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
copies	no	1		The number of copies of the logical volume. Maximum copies are 3.
lv	yes			The name of the logical volume.
lv_type	no	jfs2		The type of the logical volume.
opts	no			Free-form options to be passed to the mklv command.
policy	no	maximum	maximum minimum	Sets the interphysical volume allocation policy. `maximum` allocates logical partitions across the maximum number of physical volumes. `minimum` allocates logical partitions across the minimum number of physical volumes.
pvs	no			Comma separated list of physical volumes e.g. `hdisk1,hdisk2`.
size	no			The size of the logical volume with one of the [MGT] units.
state	no	present	absent present	Control if the logical volume exists. If `present` and the volume does not already exist then the `size` option is required.
vg	yes			The volume group this logical volume is part of.

Examples

- name: Create a logical volume of 512M
  aix_lvol:
    vg: testvg
    lv: testlv
    size: 512M

- name: Create a logical volume of 512M with disks hdisk1 and hdisk2
  aix_lvol:
    vg: testvg
    lv: test2lv
    size: 512M
    pvs: hdisk1,hdisk2

- name: Create a logical volume of 512M mirrored
  aix_lvol:
    vg: testvg
    lv: test3lv
    size: 512M
    copies: 2

- name: Create a logical volume of 1G with a minimum placement policy
  aix_lvol:
    vg: rootvg
    lv: test4lv
    size: 1G
    policy: minimum

- name: Create a logical volume with special options like mirror pool
  aix_lvol:
    vg: testvg
    lv: testlv
    size: 512M
    opts: -p copy1=poolA -p copy2=poolB

- name: Extend the logical volume to 1200M
  aix_lvol:
    vg: testvg
    lv: test4lv
    size: 1200M

- name: Remove the logical volume
  aix_lvol:
    vg: testvg
    lv: testlv
    state: absent

Return Values

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

name	description	returned	type	sample
msg	A friendly message describing the task result.	always	string	Logical volume testlv created.

Status

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

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