community.vmware.vmware_vm_storage_policy – Create vSphere storage policies

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_vm_storage_policy.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.vmware

Synopsis

A vSphere storage policy defines metadata that describes storage requirements for virtual machines and storage capabilities of storage providers.
Currently, only tag-based storage policy creation is supported.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.7
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
description string		Description of the storage policy to create or update. This parameter is ignored when `state=absent`.
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 string / required		Name of the storage policy to create, update, or delete.
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.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	State of storage policy. If set to `present`, the storage policy is created. If set to `absent`, the storage policy is deleted.
tag_affinity boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If set to `true`, the storage policy enforces that virtual machines require the existence of a tag for datastore placement. If set to `false`, the storage policy enforces that virtual machines require the absence of a tag for datastore placement. This parameter is ignored when `state=absent`.
tag_category string		Name of the pre-existing tag category to assign to the storage policy. This parameter is ignored when `state=absent`. This parameter is required when `state=present`.
tag_name string		Name of the pre-existing tag to assign to the storage policy. This parameter is ignored when `state=absent`. This parameter is required when `state=present`.
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 6.5
All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Create or update a vSphere tag-based storage policy
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_storage_policy:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    name: "vSphere storage policy"
    description: "vSphere storage performance policy"
    tag_category: "performance_tier"
    tag_name: "gold"
    tag_affinity: true
    state: "present"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a vSphere tag-based storage policy
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_storage_policy:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    name: "vSphere storage policy"
    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
vmware_vm_storage_policy dictionary	success	dictionary of information for the storage policy Sample: {'vmware_vm_storage_policy': {'description': 'Storage policy for gold-tier storage', 'id': 'aa6d5a82-1c88-45da-85d3-3d74b91a5bad', 'name': 'gold'}}

Authors

Dustin Scott (@scottd018)

© 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_vm_storage_policy_module.html

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