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scubaaadan
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September 26th, 2022 22:00
Ansible - create dellemc.powerstore.filesystem with config type VMware
When I use dellemc.powerstore.filesystem to create a filesystem, then look at it in the GUI, it lists the filesystem as Config Type "General".
When I create a file system via the GUI, I have options for General or VMware File System.
Q1: What does the VMware File System option do differently than the General option?
Q2: How do I create a filesystem with the VMware File System option via the Ansible modules?
(Ansible Modules for Dell Technologies PowerStore v1.7.0 )
scubaaadan
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Posted September 27th, 2022 10:00
From what I’ve been able to sleuth out for question 1, the main differences between General and VMware File System is that the VMware-optimized type sets config_type to VMware, folder_rename_policy to SMB_Forbidden, is_async_MTime_enabled to true, and host_io_size is configurable as { VMware_8K | VMware_16K | VMware_32K | VMware_64K }.
Most of those are unavailable via the 1.7.0 PowerStore Ansible modules.
I found the options listed on pg598 of the PowerStore CLI Reference Guide. Where/how do I use that? When I SSH in as the "service" account, the file_system command is not recognized.
file_system create \ -name test-cli-vmware-fs \ -size_total 5368709120 \ -nas_server_name nasserver \ -description "test vmware datastore created by CLI" \ -config_type VMware \ -access_policy Native \ -locking_policy Advisory \ -folder_rename_policy SMB_Forbidden \ -is_async_MTime_enabled true \ -host_io_size VMware_8K
jennifer_john
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Posted September 28th, 2022 03:00
Hi @scubaaadan
The VMware File System option (config_type) is currently not supported from ansible for powerstore.
Thank you for creating https://github.com/dell/ansible-powerstore/issues/18 we will look into supporting the mentioned parameters.
Thanks,
Jennifer