hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_compute_node_facts module – Retrieves information about Hitachi SDS block storage system compute nodes.

Note

This module is part of the hitachivantara.vspone_block collection (version 3.4.0).

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 hitachivantara.vspone_block. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_compute_node_facts.

New in hitachivantara.vspone_block 3.0.0

Synopsis

• This module retrieves information about compute nodes.

• It provides details about a compute node such as ID, volume and other details.

• For examples go to URL https://github.com/hitachi-vantara/vspone-block-ansible/blob/main/playbooks/sds_block_direct/compute_node_facts.yml

Requirements

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

• python >= 3.8

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
connection_info dictionary / required	Information required to establish a connection to the storage system.
address string / required	IP address or hostname of the storage system.
connection_type string	Type of connection to the storage system. Choices: "direct" ← (default)
password string / required	Password for authentication.
username string / required	Username for authentication.
spec dictionary	Specification for retrieving compute node information.
hba_name string	A WWN or an iSCSI name.
names list / elements=string	The names of the compute nodes.

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Determines if the module should run in check mode.

Examples

- name: Retrieve information about all compute nodes
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_compute_node_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: sdsb.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "password"

- name: Retrieve information about compute nodes by hba_name
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_compute_node_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: sdsb.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "password"

    spec:
      hba_name: 'iqn.1991-05.com.hitachi:test-iscsi-iqn1'

- name: Retrieve information about compute nodes by names
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_compute_node_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: sdsb.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "password"
    spec:
      names: ['computenode1', 'computenode2']

Returned Facts

Facts returned by this module are added/updated in the hostvars host facts and can be referenced by name just like any other host fact. They do not need to be registered in order to use them.

Key	Description
compute_nodes list / elements=dictionary	A list of compute nodes. Returned: success
compute_node_info dictionary	Information about the compute node. Returned: success
id string	Unique identifier for the compute node. Returned: success Sample: "ca1beba6-4392-4d21-a161-3e3e94fb45e2"
lun integer	Logical Unit Number. Returned: success Sample: -1
nickname string	Nickname of the compute node. Returned: success Sample: "spc-iqn.1994-05.com.redhat:5475aab33df5"
number_of_paths integer	Number of paths. Returned: success Sample: -1
number_of_volumes integer	Number of volumes. Returned: success Sample: 2
os_type string	Operating system type. Returned: success Sample: "Linux"
paths list / elements=dictionary	List of paths. Returned: success
hba_name string	HBA name. Returned: success Sample: "iqn.1994-05.com.redhat:5475aab33df5"
port_ids list / elements=string	List of port IDs. Returned: success Sample: ["932962b5-ab61-429f-ba06-cd976e1a8f97", "181d4ed3-ae8a-418d-9deb-72a4eb1e2204", "0f13e320-53e7-4088-aa11-418636b58376"]
total_capacity_mb integer	Total capacity in MB. Returned: success Sample: 90112
used_capacity_mb integer	Used capacity in MB. Returned: success Sample: 4998
vps_id string	VPS ID. Returned: success Sample: "(system)"
vps_name string	VPS name. Returned: success Sample: "(system)"
volume_info list / elements=dictionary	Information about the volumes. Returned: success
id string	Unique identifier for the volume. Returned: success Sample: "3ac02c92-05f0-4eba-9c00-3503afc18290"
name string	Name of the volume. Returned: success Sample: "spc-a879277ec4"

Authors

• Hitachi Vantara LTD (@hitachi-vantara)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)