win_partition – Creates, changes and removes partitions on Windows Server
New in version 2.8.
Synopsis
- The win_partition module can create, modify or delete a partition on a disk
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| active boolean |
| Specifies if the partition is active and can be used to start the system. This property is only valid when the disk's partition style is MBR. |
| disk_number integer | Disk number is mandatory for creating new partitions. A combination of disk_number and partition_number can be used to specify the partition instead of drive_letter if required. | |
| drive_letter string | Used for accessing partitions if disk_number and partition_number are not provided. Use auto for automatically assigning a drive letter, or a letter A-Z for manually assigning a drive letter to a new partition. If not specified, no drive letter is assigned when creating a new partition. | |
| gpt_type string |
| Specify the partition's GPT type if the disk's partition style is GPT. This only applies to new partitions. This does not relate to the partitions file system formatting. |
| hidden boolean |
| Hides the target partition, making it undetectable by the mount manager. |
| mbr_type string |
| Specify the partition's MBR type if the disk's partition style is MBR. This only applies to new partitions. This does not relate to the partitions file system formatting. |
| offline boolean |
| Sets the partition offline. Adding a mount point (such as a drive letter) will cause the partition to go online again. |
| partition_number integer | Used in conjunction with disk_number to uniquely identify a partition. | |
| partition_size string | Specify size of the partition in B, KB, KiB, MB, MiB, GB, GiB, TB or TiB. Use -1 to specify maximum supported size. Partition size is mandatory for creating a new partition but not for updating or deleting a partition. The decimal SI prefixes kilo, mega, giga, tera, etc., are powers of 10^3 = 1000. The binary prefixes kibi, mebi, gibi, tebi, etc. respectively refer to the corresponding power of 2^10 = 1024. Thus, a gigabyte (GB) is 1000000000 (1000^3) bytes while 1 gibibyte (GiB) is 1073741824 (1024^3) bytes. | |
| read_only boolean |
| Make the partition read only, restricting changes from being made to the partition. |
| state string |
| Used to specify the state of the partition. Use absent to specify if a partition should be removed and present to specify if the partition should be created or updated. |
Notes
Note
- A minimum Operating System Version of 6.2 is required to use this module. To check if your OS is compatible, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/sysinfo/operating-system-version.
- This module cannot be used for removing the drive letter associated with a partition, initializing a disk or, file system formatting.
- Idempotence works only if you’re specifying a drive letter or other unique attributes such as a combination of disk number and partition number.
- For more information, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh830524.aspx.
Examples
- name: Create a partition with drive letter D and size 5 GiB
win_partition:
drive_letter: D
partition_size: 5 GiB
disk_number: 1
- name: Resize previously created partition to it's maximum size and change it's drive letter to E
win_partition:
drive_letter: E
partition_size: -1
partition_number: 1
disk_number: 1
- name: Delete partition
win_partition:
disk_number: 1
partition_number: 1
state: absent
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Varun Chopra (@chopraaa) <v@chopraaa.com>
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