hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_paritygroup_facts module – retrieves information about parity groups from Hitachi VSP storage systems.

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.vsp.hv_paritygroup_facts.

New in hitachivantara.vspone_block 3.0.0

Synopsis

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.

api_token

string

This field is used to pass the value of the lock token to operate on locked resources.

connection_type

string

Type of connection to the storage system.

Choices:

  • "direct" ← (default)

password

string

Password for authentication. This is a required field.

username

string

Username for authentication. This is a required field.

spec

dictionary

Specification for the parity group facts to be gathered.

parity_group_id

string

The parity group number of the parity group to retrieve.

storage_system_info

dictionary

Information about the storage system. This field is an optional field.

serial

string

The serial number of the storage system.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Determines if the module should run in check mode.

Examples

- name: Get a specific parity group
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_paritygroup_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: storage1.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "secret"
    spec:
      parity_group_id: 1-1

- name: Get all parity groups
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.vsp.hv_paritygroup_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: storage1.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "secret"

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

parity_groups

list / elements=dictionary

List of parity groups with their attributes.

Returned: success

copyback_mode

boolean

Indicates if copyback mode is enabled.

Returned: success

Sample: false

drive_type

string

Type of drive.

Returned: success

Sample: "SSD"

free_capacity

string

Free capacity of the parity group.

Returned: success

Sample: "357.00GB"

is_accelerated_compression

boolean

Indicates if accelerated compression is enabled.

Returned: success

Sample: false

is_encryption_enabled

boolean

Indicates if encryption is enabled.

Returned: success

Sample: false

is_pool_array_group

boolean

Indicates if it is a pool array group.

Returned: success

Sample: false

ldev_ids

list / elements=integer

List of LDEV IDs.

Returned: success

Sample: [6, 7]

parity_group_id

string

The parity group ID.

Returned: success

Sample: "1-1"

raid_level

string

RAID level of the parity group.

Returned: success

Sample: "RAID5"

resource_group_id

integer

Resource group ID.

Returned: success

Sample: -1

resource_id

string

Resource ID.

Returned: success

Sample: ""

status

string

Status of the parity group.

Returned: success

Sample: "NORMAL"

total_capacity

string

Total capacity of the parity group.

Returned: success

Sample: "5.16TB"

Authors

  • Hitachi Vantara LTD (@hitachi-vantara)