ansible_newvm_mount

ansible_newvm_mount

This is a ansible role to perform Actifio VMware or Hyper-V VM mounts to ESXi/Hyper-V hosts as new VM.

Role Variables

Following variables are accepted/required for this role.

Variable Name Description Required (Y/N)
act_appliance Actifio Appliance IP or FQDN. Y
act_user Actifio username. This should be a Actifio user with System Manage priviledges Y
act_pass Password for the Actifio User Y
act_vendorkey Vendor key can be obtained by the customer through opening a Support Case with the CSE. Y
act_appname Source Application (VM) name Y
act_restoretime Desired time to recover the database to. Based on the time specified, the appropriate image will be selected (if an image is not specified). If a recovery image is not availble for the stipulated restore time, and if the strict_policy is set to no, then the closest image to the restore time will be selected. N
strict_policy See act_restoretime N
act_job_class snapshot, dedup, dedupasync, liveclone, syncback and OnVault. If not specified would select any based on the Restore time, without any preference to the jobclass. N
act_imagename Actifio Image Name to be mounted. This parameter overrides act_appname, act_restoretime and act_job_class. N
act_nowait_mount If set to true waits for the mount job to complete. Else return after submitting the job. N
act_imagelabel Label for mounted image. Default is 'Ansible_Playbook'. N
vm_src_esxhost Source ESXi host where the VM is protected from. (Using for identifying VM ) N
vm_tgt_esxhost Target ESXi or Hyper-V host where the VM to be mounted. Y
vm_mgmtserver vCenter Server or System Center hostname of target ESXi/Hyper-V host. Must be same with hostname which is registered within Actifio appliance. N
vm_type Need to specify vmware or hyperv. Default is vmware. Y
vm_name New VM name. Y
vm_datastore Target datastore or directory path which is located on new VM's meta, swap and RDM map file. (VM itself will be mounted to ESXi/Hyper-V host as RDM) Y
vm_physicalrdm Type of RDM volumes. Default is virtual RDM. (VMware Only) N
vm_restoremac: Restore original MAC address to the new VM. Default is false. (VMware Only) N
vm_mapdiskstoallesx Map RDM volumes to all ESXi hosts that are belong to the cluster. Default is false. (VMware Only) N

Example Playbook

Mount VMware VM image as New VM Example

- name: testng mount image as new vm
  hosts: "{{ host_group }}"
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo
  roles:
    - { role: ansible_newvm_mount, act_appliance: my-actifio, act_user: ansible, act_pass: mypassword }
  vars:
    act_vendorkey: "{{ contact CSE to get yours }}"
    act_appname: "SourceVM"
    act_job_class: "snapshot"
    vm_src_esxhost: "esxi1"
    vm_mgmtserver: "vCenterServer"
    vm_tgt_esxhost: "esxi2"
    vm_name: "TargetVM"
    vm_datastore: "datastore1"

License

Copyright 2018 <Hiroshi Takeuchi hiroshi.takeuchi@actifio.com>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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Ansible role for mounting VMware VM with Actifio as new VM.

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ansible-galaxy install Actifio/ansible_newvm_mount
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