# vmware_host_datastore – Manage a datastore on ESXi host

New in version 2.5.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Status

## Synopsis

- This module can be used to mount/umount datastore on ESXi host.
- This module only supports NFS (NFS v3 or NFS v4.1) and VMFS datastores.
- For VMFS datastore, available device must already be connected on ESXi host.
- All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.

## Requirements

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

- python >= 2.6
- PyVmomi

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
datacenter_name string |  | Name of the datacenter to add the datastore. The datacenter isn't used by the API to create a datastore. Will be removed in 2.11.
datastore_name string / required |  | Name of the datastore to add/remove.

datastore_type
string / required

Choices:
- nfs
- nfs41
- vmfs

Type of the datastore to configure (nfs/nfs41/vmfs).

esxi_hostname string |  | ESXi hostname to manage the datastore. Required when used with a vcenter
hostname string |  | The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
nfs_path string |  | Resource path on NFS host. Required if datastore type is set to `nfs`/`nfs41` and state is set to `present`, else unused.

nfs_ro
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

ReadOnly or ReadWrite mount.
Unused if datastore type is not set to `nfs`/`nfs41` and state is not set to `present`.

nfs_server string |  | NFS host serving nfs datastore. Required if datastore type is set to `nfs`/`nfs41` and state is set to `present`, else unused. Two or more servers can be defined if datastore type is set to `nfs41`
password string |  | The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer added in 2.5 | Default: 443 | The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host string added in 2.9 |  | Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer added in 2.9 |  | Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.

state
string

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

present: Mount datastore on host if datastore is absent else do nothing.
absent: Umount datastore if datastore is present else do nothing.

username string |  | The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user

validate_certs
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to `false` when certificates are not trusted.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
If set to `yes`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

vmfs_device_name string |  | Name of the device to be used as VMFS datastore. Required for VMFS datastore type and state is set to `present`, else unused.
vmfs_version integer |  | VMFS version to use for datastore creation. Unused if datastore type is not set to `vmfs` and state is not set to `present`.

## Notes

Note

- Tested on vSphere 6.0, 6.5 and ESXi 6.7
- NFS v4.1 tested on vSphere 6.5
- Kerberos authentication with NFS v4.1 isn’t implemented

## Examples

    - name: Mount VMFS datastores to ESXi
      vmware_host_datastore:
          hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
          username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
          password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
          datastore_name: '{{ item.name }}'
          datastore_type: '{{ item.type }}'
          vmfs_device_name: 'naa.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
          vmfs_version: 6
          esxi_hostname: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
          state: present
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Mount NFS datastores to ESXi
      vmware_host_datastore:
          hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
          username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
          password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
          datastore_name: '{{ item.name }}'
          datastore_type: '{{ item.type }}'
          nfs_server: '{{ item.server }}'
          nfs_path: '{{ item.path }}'
          nfs_ro: no
          esxi_hostname: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
          state: present
      delegate_to: localhost
      loop:
          - { 'name': 'NasDS_vol01', 'server': 'nas01', 'path': '/mnt/vol01', 'type': 'nfs'}
          - { 'name': 'NasDS_vol02', 'server': 'nas01', 'path': '/mnt/vol02', 'type': 'nfs'}

    - name: Mount NFS v4.1 datastores to ESXi
      vmware_host_datastore:
          hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
          username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
          password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
          datastore_name: '{{ item.name }}'
          datastore_type: '{{ item.type }}'
          nfs_server: '{{ item.server }}'
          nfs_path: '{{ item.path }}'
          nfs_ro: no
          esxi_hostname: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
          state: present
      delegate_to: localhost
      loop:
          - { 'name': 'NasDS_vol03', 'server': 'nas01,nas02', 'path': '/mnt/vol01', 'type': 'nfs41'}
          - { 'name': 'NasDS_vol04', 'server': 'nas01,nas02', 'path': '/mnt/vol02', 'type': 'nfs41'}

    - name: Remove/Umount Datastores from a ESXi
      vmware_host_datastore:
          hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
          username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
          password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
          datastore_name: NasDS_vol01
          state: absent
      delegate_to: localhost

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Ludovic Rivallain (@lrivallain) <ludovic.rivallain@gmail.com>
- Christian Kotte (@ckotte) <christian.kotte@gmx.de>

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