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hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_protection_template – Manage the HPE Nimble Storage protection templates
Note
This plugin is part of the hpe.nimble collection (version 1.1.3).
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 hpe.nimble.
To use it in a playbook, specify: hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_protection_template.
New in version 1.0.0: of hpe.nimble
Synopsis
- Manage the protection templates on an HPE Nimble Storage group.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- Ansible 2.9 or later
 - Python 3.6 or later
 - HPE Nimble Storage SDK for Python
 - HPE Nimble Storage arrays running NimbleOS 5.0 or later
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| agent_hostname
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Generic backup agent hostname.
         | 
     |
| agent_password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Generic backup agent password.
         | 
     |
| agent_username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Generic backup agent username.
         | 
     |
| app_cluster
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        If the application is running within a windows cluster environment, this is the cluster name.
         | 
     |
| app_id
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Application ID running on the server.
         | 
     
| app_server
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Application server hostname.
         | 
     |
| app_service_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        If the application is running within a windows cluster environment then this is the instance name of the service running within the cluster environment.
         | 
     |
| app_sync
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Application synchronization.
         | 
     
| change_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Change name of the existing protection template.
         | 
     |
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Text description of protection template.
         | 
     |
| host
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        HPE Nimble Storage IP address.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the protection template.
         | 
     |
| password
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        HPE Nimble Storage password.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The protection template operations.
         | 
     
| username
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        HPE Nimble Storage user name.
         | 
     |
| vcenter_hostname
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        VMware vCenter hostname.
         | 
     |
| vcenter_password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Application VMware vCenter password. A password with few constraints.
         | 
     |
| vcenter_username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Application VMware vCenter username. String of up to 80 alphanumeric characters, beginning with a letter. It can include ampersand (@), backslash (\), dash (-), period (.), and underscore (_).
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- This module does not support 
check_mode. 
Examples
# if state is create , then create a protection template if not present. Fails if already present.
# if state is present, then create a protection template if not present. Succeed if it already exists.
- name: Create protection template if not present
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_protection_template:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    description: "{{ description | default(None)}}"
    state: "{{ state | default('present') }}"
- name: Delete protection template
  hpe.nimble.hpe_nimble_protection_template:
    host: "{{ host }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    name: "{{ name }}"
    state: absent
  Authors
- HPE Nimble Storage Ansible Team (@ar-india) <nimble-dcs-storage-automation-eng@hpe.com>
 
© 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/hpe/nimble/hpe_nimble_protection_template_module.html