vmware_datastore_facts – Gather facts about datastores available in given vCenter

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

This module can be used to gather facts about datastores in VMWare infrastructure.
All values and VMware object names are case sensitive.

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. 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. aliases: datacenter_name
gather_nfs_mount_info boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no ← yes	Gather mount information of NFS datastores. Disabled per default because this slows down the execution if you have a lot of datastores.
gather_vmfs_mount_info boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no ← yes	Gather mount information of VMFS datastores. Disabled per default because this slows down the execution if you have a lot of datastores.
hostname string		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 support added in Ansible 2.6.
name -		Name of the datastore to match. If set, facts of specific datastores are returned.
password string		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 support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer 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 support added in Ansible 2.6.
username string		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 support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	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 support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to `yes`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5

Examples

- 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_name: '{{ 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_name: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    name: datastore1
  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
datastores list	always	metadata about the available datastores Sample: [{'accessible': False, 'capacity': 42681237504, 'datastore_cluster': 'datacluster0', 'freeSpace': 39638269952, 'maintenanceMode': 'normal', 'multipleHostAccess': False, 'name': 'datastore2', 'provisioned': 12289211488, 'type': 'VMFS', 'uncommitted': 9246243936, 'url': 'ds:///vmfs/volumes/5a69b18a-c03cd88c-36ae-5254001249ce/', 'vmfs_blockSize': 1024, 'vmfs_uuid': '5a69b18a-c03cd88c-36ae-5254001249ce', 'vmfs_version': '6.81'}, {'accessible': True, 'capacity': 5497558138880, 'datastore_cluster': 'datacluster0', 'freeSpace': 4279000641536, 'maintenanceMode': 'normal', 'multipleHostAccess': True, 'name': 'datastore3', 'nfs_path': '/vol/datastore3', 'nfs_server': 'nfs_server1', 'provisioned': 1708109410304, 'type': 'NFS', 'uncommitted': 489551912960, 'url': 'ds:///vmfs/volumes/420b3e73-67070776/'}]

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Tim Rightnour (@garbled1)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/vmware_datastore_facts_module.html