win_format fails for spanned partition #644
Description
SUMMARY
windows.community.win_format module seems to not work with spanned partitions.
ISSUE TYPE
- Bug Report
COMPONENT NAME
windows.community.win_format module
ANSIBLE VERSION
ansible [core 2.17.12]
config file = None
configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
python version = 3.10.12 (main, May 27 2025, 17:12:29) [GCC 11.4.0] (/usr/bin/python3)
jinja version = 3.1.6
libyaml = True
COLLECTION VERSION
Collection Version
----------------- -------
community.windows 2.3.0
CONFIGURATION
CONFIG_FILE() = None
OS / ENVIRONMENT
Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise 10.0.26100 Build 26100
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
I try to run win_format on several Windows 11 hosts for a partition with spanned layout and dynamic type.
Running the following task on this machine returns an error (see below).
- name: Quick-format physical drive.
community.windows.win_format:
drive_letter: F
new_label: mynewlabelIn my troubleshooting attempts I found that Get-Partition does not return the partition, but Get-Volume returns a volume for the drive letter.
PS C:\> Get-Partition
DiskPath: \\?\scsi#disk&ven_ata&prod_micron_1300_sata#4&2cc633b5&0&020000#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
PartitionNumber DriveLetter Offset Size Type
--------------- ----------- ------ ---- ----
1 1048576 500 MB System
2 525336576 128 MB Reserved
3 C 659554304 475.66 GB Basic
4 511391563776 684 MB Recovery
PS C:\> Get-Volume
DriveLetter FriendlyName FileSystemType DriveType HealthStatus OperationalStatus SizeRemaining Size
----------- ------------ -------------- --------- ------------ ----------------- ------------- ----
C Windows NTFS Fixed Healthy OK 275.84 GB 475.66 GB
NTFS Fixed Healthy OK 101.31 MB 684 MB
F Projects NTFS Fixed Healthy OK 2.75 TB 3.44 TB
Doing a manual quick format via right-click and "Format..." in Windows Explorer on the host works fine.
It seems to work fine for other partitions on Windows 11 hosts that have simple layout and basic type.
EXPECTED RESULTS
No error, and the partition is formatted.
ACTUAL RESULTS
Running win_format on the spanned drive yields the following error.
TASK [Quick-format physical drive.] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /etc/ansible/playbooks/decommission-buildmachine.yml:107
Using module file /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/ansible_collections/community/windows/plugins/modules/win_format.ps1
Pipelining is enabled.
<MYHOST> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: ******** on PORT *** TO MYHOST
calling kinit with subprocess for principal ********
EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)
The full traceback is:
No MSFT_Partition objects found with property 'DriveLetter' equal to 'f'. Verify the value of the property and retry.
At line:82 char:26
+ ... $partition = Get-Partition -DriveLetter $DriveLetter | Where ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (f:Char) [Get-Partition], CimJobException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CmdletizationQuery_NotFound_DriveLetter,Get-Partition
ScriptStackTrace:
fatal: [MYHOST]: FAILED! => {
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"allocation_unit_size": null,
"compress": null,
"drive_letter": "f",
"file_system": null,
"force": false,
"full": false,
"integrity_streams": null,
"label": null,
"large_frs": null,
"new_label": "Projects",
"path": null
}
},
"msg": "There was an error retrieving the volume using drive_letter f: No MSFT_Partition objects found with property 'DriveLetter' equal to 'f'. Verify the value of the property and retry."
}