I have been having a hard time with this Creating a variable that is a list of items and a :

[muted pollen]

• name: Gathering DR Cluster Volume Information
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_rest_info:
  gather_subset:
  - storage/volumes
  hostname: "{{ dr_cluster }}"
  username: "{{ username }}"
  password: "{{ password }}"
  https: true
  validate_certs: false
  fields:
  - svm.name
  register: drvolumes

  parameters:

  -svm_name: dr_vserver

  tags: dr
  when: dr_vserver !="none"

  • name: build new variable
    set_fact:
    drvolume1: "{{ drvolumes['ontap_info']['storage/volumes']['records'] }}"

  • name: Display variable dr
    set_fact:
    drvolume2: "{{ item.svm.name }}:{{ item.name }}"
    with_items: "{{ drvolume1 }}"

  • name: Display variable pr
    debug:
    var: drvolume2

The part I am having trouble with is at the end. I want drvolume2 to contain a list of all the svmnames:itemnames It only assigns the last one. I have looked on the internet to have it build out but nothing has worked as of yet.

I have been having a hard time with this Creating a variable that is a list of items and a :

[tired coyote]

So this is a loop, so drvolume2 is going to get replace until you hit the end of the loop

name: Display variable dr
set_fact:
drvolume2: "{{ item.svm.name }}:{{ item.name }}"
with_items: "{{ drvolume1 }}"

Off the top of my head i'm not sure how to do what your trying to do. There might be an example or something useful in the ansilbe loop page. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_loops.html

[muted pollen]

Thank you, for my purposes. I had to construct a variable that contained both the svm and the volume as a single entry to check for their existence as a pair. Ironically the solution was simple, I set a variable in the vars section for the new variable . prvolume2: []. Then I used that variable in the loop and iterated it onto itself. Rundown of just this variable and solution is below

vars:

vars:
prvolume2: []

- name: Gathering PR Cluster Volume Information
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_rest_info:
    gather_subset:
      - storage/volumes
    hostname: "{{ pr_cluster }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: false
    fields:
      - svm.name
  register: prvolumes
tags: always

• name: Set search array for PR
  set_fact:
  prvolume2: "{{ item.name }}:{{ item.svm.name }} {{prvolume2}}"
  with_items: "{{ prvolumes['ontap_info']['storage/volumes']['records'] }}"
  loop_control:
  label: " PR List "

I Used a loop control to cut down the verbosity alot. This gave me a new list I could check against

• name: Check if PR Volume Exist
  assert:
  that:
  - "'{{ vol + '_pr:' + pr_vserver }}' not in prvolume2"
  fail_msg: "{{ vol }}_pr already exists"
  quiet: yes
  tags: pr

So a bit of a step around. THe info module used to have a field that notated the svm:volumename that no longer exists so this was the next best thing and only pulls minimal info from the endpoint.

[tired coyote]

Do you know what that vaule was called in ZAPI

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-restmap-9121/volume.html#volume-get-iter

Here the ZAPi -> Rest mapping it should tell you what the new name is, or if the ONTAP team isn't supporting that field anymore

[muted pollen]

let me look into that. I went into the rest api and looked at the model of the data but didn't find a direct replacement.

Our script just checked the old info module which used to return a value that had svm:volume format. Both are in the rest module but are not directly connected.

[muted pollen]

I think as I do more I will definitely find better ways. Right now I am retrofitting old scripts trying to keep them intact with the new modules where needed.