Resource Type: esx_datastore

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/esx_datastore.rb

Providers:

esx_datastore

Overview

Manage vCenter esx hosts’ datastore.

Properties

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  The basic property that the resource should be in.

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent
• remote_host

  Name or IP of remote storage host. Specify only for file based storage.

• remote_path

  Path to volume on remote storage host. Specify only for file based storage.

• type

  The datastore type.

  Supported values:

  • nfs
  • cifs
  • vmfs

Parameters

• access_mode (defaults to: readWrite)

  Enum - HostMountMode: Defines the access mode of the datastore.

  Supported values:

  • readOnly
  • readWrite
• datastore

  The name of the datastore.

• host

  The ESX host the datastore is attached to.

• local_path
• lun

  LUN number of storage volume. Specify only for block storage.

• name (namevar)

  ESX host:datastore name.

• password
• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘esx_datastore` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

• uid
• user_name