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Gather_fact Is Now Just Info
Ansible has asked us to change the name of one of our modules. The module ‘na_ontap_gather_facts’ will be known simply as ‘na_ontap_info’ from Ansible release 2.9 and onwards. The gather_facts version is being deprecated but will still work in the 2.9 release so...
Its’s All Coming Together Nicely
With the release of Ansible 2.9, Red Hat will officially be introducing Collections. To quote Red Hat documentation “Collections are a distribution format for Ansible content. They can be used to package and distribute playbooks, roles, modules, and plugins. You can...
Dealing with the Unexpected
“Unexpected Error”. If you have been using the NetApp Ansible modules and seen this error, you know it can be frustrating as it doesn’t give any useful information. This error is 99.9% of the time one of the following four issues, and I will do my best to explain how...
Trident 19.07 is now GA
Is it August already? Time flies when you are having fun! The Trident team has been hard at work this summer to deliver some great new features in the 19.07 version of Trident, which is now available! Here’s the lowdown on what’s new with Trident 19.07. Azure NetApp...
Running a Playbook Against Multiple ONTAP Clusters
In all the examples we have shared so far, we haven’t been using an inventory file; instead we are simply setting ‘hosts: localhost’. A question I get asked from time to time is “How can a playbook be run against multiple clusters without having to use outside...
Using On-Demand Snapshots with CSI Trident
As you would have already heard, the 19.07 Alpha release is packed with some cool new features, of which Volume Snapshots is an important one. Trident 19.07 Alpha is designed to provide on-demand Volume Snapshots and support the creation of Persistent Volumes...
All New CSI Trident!
Let me introduce the all new CSI Trident, now available with Trident 19.07 Alpha! The Container Storage Interface (CSI) provides a standard to enable provisioners to talk with multiple orchestrators. This is a community effort driven by the Cloud Native Computing...
Welcome to Trident 19.07 Alpha!
This summer, the Trident team has something new to offer! As part of the 19.07 Alpha release, Trident includes the following new features that make it easier to integrate with Kubernetes. It is important to note that the 19.07 Alpha release is meant for...