[Feature Request] Module to get list of Volumes, VolumesSet, CPG, VLUN, Hosts and HostsSet

[xenlo]

Summary
It would be helpful to have a module to get the list of 'objects'* with their attributes as facts.

[*] By 'objects' I mean Volumes, VolumesSet, CPG, VLUN, Hosts and HostsSet.

UseCase
One use case could be to wipe a 3par of all existing Volumes before reprovision it.

Current Implementation
The current implementation I found is done via the REST API (Based on the following page as input).

Here is a sample:

---
- name: Delete all Volumes defined on the HPe 3PAR
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no

  vars:
    hpe3par_user: "user"
    hpe3par_ip: "10.0.0.1"
    hpe3par_api_url: "https://{{ hpe3par_ip }}:8080/api/v1"

  vars_prompt:
    - name: "hpe3par_password"
      prompt: "Enter the HPe 3PAR Password"
      private: yes

  tasks:
    - name: Open the REST API session
      uri:
        url: "{{ hpe3par_api_url }}/credentials"
        method: POST
        headers:
          Content-Type: "application/json"
        body_format: json
        body: "{ 'user': '{{ hpe3par_user }}', 'password': '{{ hpe3par_password }}' }"
        status_code: 201
        return_content: yes
        validate_certs: no
      register: output

    - name: Get list of volumes
      uri:
        url: "{{ hpe3par_api_url }}/volumes"
        method: GET
        headers:
          Content-Type: "application/json"
          X-HP3PAR-WSAPI-SessionKey: "{{ output.json.key }}"
          Accept: "application/json"
        status_code: 200
        return_content: yes
        validate_certs: no
      register: volumes

    - name: Show the volumes
      debug:
        var: volumes.json.members | map(attribute='name') | list

    - name: Release authentication key
      uri:
        url: "{{ hpe3par_api_url }}/credentials/{{ output.json.key }}"
        method: DELETE
        headers:
          Content-Type: "application/json"
        validate_certs: no

    - name: Remove Virtual Volume Set
      hpe3par_volumeset:
        storage_system_ip: "{{ hpe3par_ip }}"
        storage_system_username: "{{ hpe3par_user }}"
        storage_system_password: "{{ hpe3par_password }}"
        state: absent
        volumeset_name: "{{ item }}"
      loop: "{{ volumes.json.members | map(attribute='name') | list }}"

[mpunix]

Any progress on the module to get the list of 'objects'* with their attributes as facts? we are looking similar ones. It helps to automate our storage provisioning.

[xenlo]

AFAIK none.

[apol76]

this would help on our side as well. Getting infos from an array is a strict requirement in our setup when using ansible to touch arrays that are (or were) managed manually - just to avoid collisions in names etc. due to errors made previously. So we're actually not using the ansible modules, but use ansible to start scripts written in scripting languages (with support for getting data :-) )