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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  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Define whether to overwrite a target volume if it already exisits.
         | 
     
| size | 
        
        Volume size in M, G, T or P units.
         | 
     |
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        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_URLandPUREFA_APIenvironment 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.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Simon Dodsley (@sdodsley)
 
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