hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_storage_time_facts module – Get storage time from storage system

Note

This module is part of the hitachivantara.vspone_block collection (version 4.3.0).

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_storage_time_facts.

New in hitachivantara.vspone_block 4.1.0

Synopsis

• Get storage time from storage system.

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

Requirements

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

• python >= 3.9

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. This is a required field.
username string / required	Username for authentication. This is a required field.

Attributes

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

Examples

- name: Retrieve information about Storage Time
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_storage_time_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: sdsb.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "password"

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
ntpServerNames list / elements=string	List of configured NTP server IP addresses or hostnames. Returned: success Sample: ["192.168.1.14"]
systemTime string	Current system time in ISO 8601 format (UTC). Returned: success Sample: "2021-07-30T07:56:23Z"
timezone string	Configured system timezone. Returned: success Sample: "Asia/Tokyo"

Authors

• Hitachi Vantara LTD (@hitachi-vantara)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)