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purefa_pg - Manage protection groups on Pure Storage FlashArrays

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Create, delete or modify protection groups on Pure Storage FlashArrays.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7
  • purestorage

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
api_token
required
FlashArray API token for admin privilaged user.
enabled
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Define whether to enabled snapshots for the protection group.
eradicate
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Define whether to eradicate the protection group on delete and leave in trash.
fa_url
required
FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
host
List of existing hosts to add to protection group.
hostgroup
List of existing hostgroups to add to protection group.
pgroup
required
The name of the protection group.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Define whether the protection group should exist or not.
volume
List of existing volumes to add to protection group.

Notes

Note

  • This module requires purestorage python library
  • You must set PUREFA_URL and PUREFA_API environment variables if url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

Examples

- name: Create new protection group
  purefa_pg:
    pgroup: foo
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Create new protection group with snapshots disabled
  purefa_pg:
    pgroup: foo
    enabled: false
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Delete protection group
  purefa_pg:
    pgroup: foo
    eradicate: true
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

- name: Create protection group for hostgroups
  purefa_pg:
    pgroup: bar
    hostgroup:
      - hg1
      - hg2
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Create protection group for hosts
  purefa_pg:
    pgroup: bar
    host:
      - host1
      - host2
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

- name: Create protection group for volumes
  purefa_pg:
    pgroup: bar
    volume:
      - vol1
      - vol2
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Simon Dodsley (@sdodsley)

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