Veritas InfoScale™ Installation, Upgrade, and Configuration Using Ansible - Linux
List of pre-defined keywords
Refer to the following tables for a list of the keywords that are used with each of the configuration-related modules.
The sfcfsha_config module is used configure the component in InfoScale. Use the following keywords while referencing the module in your playbook.
Table: Sfcfsha_config module keywords
Name | Description | Mandatory/optional |
|---|---|---|
cluster_name: | Define a name for the cluster that you want to deploy. Example: Cluster1 | Mandatory |
cluster_uuid: | Define a unique alphanumeric ID to assign to the cluster you want to deploy. Example: c7c2d65e-057f-11e8-a32c-c094107f3b61 | Optional |
component: | Specify which components you want to configure in your product. Note that the product license acquired must support the required components. Example: SF, VCS, or SFCFSHA | Optional |
method: | Specify the communication protocol that you want to deploy in the cluster. : ethernet, or udp | Mandatory |
enable_lgf: | Specify either 0 or 1. 0 creates a single-node cluster on each system provided in the playbook run, without enabling LLT, GAB, or I/O fencing. 1 (default value) creates a multi node cluster of all the servers in the playbook run. | Optional |
seednode: | Select any node from the cluster that will be used to run commands related to the operations of that cluster. Seednode can be set as FQDN, IP Address, and short hostname. Examples: seednode: objstorer820-1-vm17.veritas.com seednode: xx.xxx.xxx.xxx seednode: objstorer820-1-vm17 | Mandatory |
reconfig | Specifies whether the component configuration should be reconfigured. The value should be 1 to reconfigure component. | Optional |
state: | Specifies what state the configuration should be in after the task is completed. The value for this keyword can be either present or absent. | Mandatory |
private_link: | Lists the name of the NICs that the heartbeat link uses on each of the nodes in the cluster. | Mandatory |
low_priority_link: | Lists the name of the NICs that the low priority heartbeat link uses on each of the nodes in the cluster. | Optional |
udp_link | This attribute is only required if you want to configure LLT over a UDP link (method must be set to udp). Specify information for configuring a UDP link. List the name, IP address, and port number of the NICs that the UDP link uses on each of the nodes in the cluster. System can be : udp_link:
- system: 'dl380g10-12-kvm-24'
heartbeat_link:
- nic: eth1
ip: 192.xxx.x.x/xx
port: 50000
- nic: eth2
ip: 192.xxx.x.x/xx
port: 50001
- system: 'dl380g10-12-kvm-20'
heartbeat_link:
- nic: eth1
ip: 192.xxx.x.x/xx
port: 50000
- nic: eth2
ip: 192.xxx.x.x/xx
port: 50001 | Optional |
vcs_clusterid: | Define a unique number to be assigned to the cluster. | Optional |
mtu | Define MTU value to be used. | Optional |
eo_compliant_logging | Specifies whether EO Logging should be enabled or disabled. Value should be "on" to enable and "off" to disable. | Optional |
gendeploy_path | Specifies the absolute path of the gendeploy script from the local node to register InfoScale hosts to the VIOM Management Server. It is supported on InfoScale 8.0.2 and later. Example: gendeploy_path: '/root/script_path.pl' | Optional |
The process module is used to start and stop component processes. Use the following keywords while referencing the module in your playbook.
Table: Process module keywords
Name | Description | Mandatory/optional |
|---|---|---|
component: | Specify which components you want to configure in your product. Note that the product license acquired must support the required components. Example: SF, VCS, or SFCHA | Mandatory |
product: | Specifies the name of the product you want to install. Examples: ENTERPRISE, AVAILABILITY, STORAGE, or FOUNDATION. | Mandatory |
product_version: | Specifies the version of the product that you want to install or upgrade. Example: http://xx.xxx.xxx.xx/rpms/ | Mandatory |
state: | Specifies what state the process should be in after the task is completed. The value for this keyword can be either present or absent. If you do not give any value for this parameter, by default, the state of the package is set to present, and the package will be installed. | Optional |
Seednode: | Select any node from the cluster that will be used to run commands related to the operations of that cluster. Seednode can be set as FQDN, IP Address, and short hostname. Examples: seednode: objstorer820-1-vm17.veritas.com seednode: xx.xxx.xxx.xxx seednode: objstorer820-1-vm17 | Optional |
gendeploy_path | Specifies the absolute path of the gendeploy script from the local node to register InfoScale hosts to the VIOM Management Server. It is supported on InfoScale 8.0.2 and later. Example: gendeploy_path: '/root/script_path.pl' | Optional |