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community.general.oneview_san_manager_info – Retrieve information about one or more of the OneView SAN Managers
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
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 community.general.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.oneview_san_manager_info.
Synopsis
- Retrieve information about one or more of the SAN Managers from OneView
 - This module was called 
oneview_san_manager_factsbefore Ansible 2.9, returningansible_facts. Note that the community.general.oneview_san_manager_info module no longer returnsansible_facts! 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- hpOneView >= 2.0.1
 - python >= 2.7.9
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| api_version
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        OneView API Version.
         | 
     |
| config
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        Path to a .json configuration file containing the OneView client configuration. The configuration file is optional and when used should be present in the host running the ansible commands. If the file path is not provided, the configuration will be loaded from environment variables. For links to example configuration files or how to use the environment variables verify the notes section.
         | 
     |
| hostname
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname for the appliance.
         | 
     |
| image_streamer_hostname
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname for the HPE Image Streamer REST API.
         | 
     |
| params
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        List of params to delimit, filter and sort the list of resources.
        
       
        params allowed: -  start: The first item to return, using 0-based indexing. - count: The number of resources to return. - query: A general query string to narrow the list of resources returned. - sort: The sort order of the returned data set.
        | 
     |
| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Password for API authentication.
         | 
     |
| provider_display_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Provider Display Name.
         | 
     |
| username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Username for API authentication.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- A sample configuration file for the config parameter can be found at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible/blob/master/examples/oneview_config-rename.json
 - Check how to use environment variables for configuration at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible#environment-variables
 - Additional Playbooks for the HPE OneView Ansible modules can be found at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible/tree/master/examples
 - The OneView API version used will directly affect returned and expected fields in resources. Information on setting the desired API version and can be found at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible#setting-your-oneview-version
 
Examples
- name: Gather information about all SAN Managers
  community.general.oneview_san_manager_info:
    config: /etc/oneview/oneview_config.json
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: result
- name: Print fetched information about SAN Managers
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.san_managers }}"
- name: Gather paginated, filtered and sorted information about SAN Managers
  community.general.oneview_san_manager_info:
    config: /etc/oneview/oneview_config.json
    params:
      start: 0
      count: 3
      sort: name:ascending
      query: isInternal eq false
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: result
- name: Print fetched information about paginated, filtered and sorted list of SAN Managers
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.san_managers }}"
- name: Gather information about a SAN Manager by provider display name
  community.general.oneview_san_manager_info:
    config: /etc/oneview/oneview_config.json
    provider_display_name: Brocade Network Advisor
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: result
- name: Print fetched information about SAN Manager found by provider display name
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.san_managers }}"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| san_managers
        
        dictionary
         | 
      Always, but can be null. | 
        
        Has all the OneView information about the SAN Managers.
          | 
     
Authors
- Felipe Bulsoni (@fgbulsoni)
 - Thiago Miotto (@tmiotto)
 - Adriane Cardozo (@adriane-cardozo)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/oneview_san_manager_info_module.html