community.vmware.vmware_first_class_disk – Manage VMware vSphere First Class Disks

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.15.0).

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 community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_first_class_disk.

New in version 1.7.0: of community.vmware

Synopsis

This module can be used to manage (create, delete, resize) VMware vSphere First Class Disks.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
datacenter_name string		The name of the datacenter.
datastore_name string / required		Name of datastore or datastore cluster to be used for the disk.
disk_name string / required		The name of the disk.
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.
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	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.
proxy_host string		Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer		Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
size string		Disk storage size, an integer plus a unit. There is no space allowed in between size number and unit. Allowed units are MB, GB and TB. Examples: size: 2048MB size: 10GB size: 1TB
state string	Choices: present ← absent	If the disk should be present or absent.
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 `true`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 7.0
All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Create Disk
  community.vmware.vmware_first_class_disk:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datastore_name: '{{ datastore_name }}'
    disk_name: '1GBDisk'
    size: '1GB'
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete Disk
  community.vmware.vmware_first_class_disk:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datastore_name: '{{ datastore_name }}'
    disk_name: 'FirstClassDisk'
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
first_class_disk dictionary	changed	First-class disk returned when created, deleted or changed Sample: { "name": "1GBDisk" "datastore_name": "DS0" "size_mb": "1024" "state": "present" }

Authors

Mario Lenz (@mariolenz)

© 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/vmware/vmware_first_class_disk_module.html

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