module_sap_facts.md

sap_facts Ansible Module

• The equivalent of Ansible's gather_facts, but for gathering SAP facts

• Scans the host and populates a dictionary list sap_facts containing SID Type InstanceNumber InstanceType

• This is the foundation of every modules / roles / tasks not just for this Ansbile collection but for any other collections related to SAP

• 

• Full list of outputs:

  Output	Info	Return Variable
  sap_nw_sid	List of all SAP NW SIDs	<register_variable>.sap_nw_sid
  sap_hana_sid	List of all SAP HANA SIDs	<register_variable>.sap_hana_sid
  sap_nw_nr	List of all SAP NW instance numbers	<register_variable>.sap_nw_nr
  sap_hana_nr	List of all SAP HANA instance numbers	<register_variable>.sap_hana_nr
  sap_facts	Dictionary list of all the details	<register_variable>.sap_facts

• Sample sap_facts dictionary list generated:

  [
          {
              "InstanceNumber": "00",
              "InstanceType": "HANA",
              "SID": "H20",
              "Type": "hana"
          },
          {
              "InstanceNumber": "02",
              "InstanceType": "ASCS",
              "SID": "S4H",
              "Type": "nw"
          },
          {
              "InstanceNumber": "01",
              "InstanceType": "PAS",
              "SID": "S4H",
              "Type": "nw"
          },
          {
              "InstanceNumber": "03",
              "InstanceType": "WebDisp",
              "SID": "WD1",
              "Type": "nw"
          }
  ]