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purefa_volume - Manage volumes on Pure Storage FlashArrays

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Create, delete or extend the capacity of a volume on Pure Storage FlashArray.

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.
eradicate
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Define whether to eradicate the volume on delete or leave in trash.
fa_url
required
FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
name
required
The name of the volume.
overwrite
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Define whether to overwrite a target volume if it already exisits.
size
Volume size in M, G, T or P units.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Define whether the volume should exist or not.
target
The name of the target volume, if copying.

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 volume named foo
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    size: 1T
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

- name: Extend the size of an existing volume named foo
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    size: 2T
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

- name: Delete and eradicate volume named foo
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    eradicate: yes
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

- name: Create clone of volume bar named foo
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    target: bar
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

- name: Overwrite volume bar with volume foo
  purefa_volume:
    name: foo
    target: bar
    overwrite: yes
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

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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