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na_cdot_license - Manage NetApp cDOT protocol and feature licenses

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Add or remove licenses on NetApp ONTAP.

Requirements

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

  • A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules were developed with Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3
  • Ansible 2.2
  • netapp-lib (2015.9.25). Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
hostname
required
The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.
licenses
List of licenses to add or remove.
Please note that trying to remove a non-existent license will throw an error.
fcp
FCP License
snaplock
SnapLock License
v_storageattach
Virtual Attached Storage License
cifs
CIFS License
iscsi
iSCSI License
flexclone
FlexClone License
cdmi
CDMI License
snaprestore
SnapRestore License
snapprotectapps
SnapProtectApp License
base
Cluster Base License
nfs
NFS License
snapmirror
SnapMirror License
snapvault
SnapVault License
snapmanagersuite
SnapManagerSuite License
password
required
Password for the specified user.

aliases: pass
remove_expired
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Remove licenses that have expired in the cluster.
remove_unused
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Remove licenses that have no controller affiliation in the cluster.
serial_number
Serial number of the node associated with the license.
This parameter is used primarily when removing license for a specific service.
If this parameter is not provided, the cluster serial number is used by default.
username
required
This can be a Cluster-scoped or SVM-scoped account, depending on whether a Cluster-level or SVM-level API is required. For more information, please read the documentation https://goo.gl/BRu78Z.

aliases: user

Notes

Note

  • The modules prefixed with netapp\_cdot are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

Examples

- name: Add licenses
  na_cdot_license:
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
    serial_number: #################
    licenses:
      nfs: #################
      cifs: #################
      iscsi: #################
      fcp: #################
      snaprestore: #################
      flexclone: #################

- name: Remove licenses
  na_cdot_license:
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
    remove_unused: false
    remove_expired: true
    serial_number: #################
    licenses:
      nfs: remove

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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