na_ontap_snapshot – NetApp ONTAP manage Snapshots

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Create/Modify/Delete ONTAP snapshots

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules were developed with Clustered Data ONTAP 9.3
  • Ansible 2.6
  • netapp-lib (2017.10.30). Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
  • To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
async_bool
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If true, the snapshot is to be created asynchronously.
comment
-
A human readable comment attached with the snapshot. The size of the comment can be at most 255 characters.
hostname
- / required
The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.
http_port
integer
Override the default port (80 or 443) with this port
https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable and disable https
ignore_owners
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
if this field is true, snapshot will be deleted even if some other processes are accessing it.
password
- / required
Password for the specified user.

aliases: pass
snapmirror_label
-
A human readable SnapMirror Label attached with the snapshot. Size of the label can be at most 31 characters.
snapshot
- / required
Name of the snapshot to be managed. The maximum string length is 256 characters.
snapshot_instance_uuid
-
The 128 bit unique snapshot identifier expressed in the form of UUID.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
If you want to create/modify a snapshot, or delete it.
username
- / required
This can be a Cluster-scoped or SVM-scoped account, depending on whether a Cluster-level or SVM-level API is required. For more information, please read the documentation https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/nmsdk/9.4/.

aliases: user
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If set to False, the SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to False used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
volume
- / required
Name of the volume on which the snapshot is to be created.
vserver
-
The Vserver name

Notes

Note

  • The modules prefixed with na_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

Examples

- name: create SnapShot
  tags:
    - create
  na_ontap_snapshot:
    state=present
    snapshot={{ snapshot name }}
    volume={{ vol name }}
    comment="i am a comment"
    vserver={{ vserver name }}
    username={{ netapp username }}
    password={{ netapp password }}
    hostname={{ netapp hostname }}
- name: delete SnapShot
  tags:
    - delete
  na_ontap_snapshot:
    state=absent
    snapshot={{ snapshot name }}
    volume={{ vol name }}
    vserver={{ vserver name }}
    username={{ netapp username }}
    password={{ netapp password }}
    hostname={{ netapp hostname }}
- name: modify SnapShot
  tags:
    - modify
  na_ontap_snapshot:
    state=present
    snapshot={{ snapshot name }}
    comment="New comments are great"
    volume={{ vol name }}
    vserver={{ vserver name }}
    username={{ netapp username }}
    password={{ netapp password }}
    hostname={{ netapp hostname }}

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