na_ontap_volume_clone – NetApp ONTAP manage volume clones

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Create NetApp ONTAP volume clones.
  • A FlexClone License is required to use this module

Requirements

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

  • A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules support Data ONTAP 9.1 and onward
  • Ansible 2.6
  • Python2 netapp-lib (2017.10.30) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
  • Python3 netapp-lib (2018.11.13) or later. 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
gid
integer
added in 2.9
The UNIX group ID for the clone volume.
hostname
string / 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
junction_path
string
added in 2.8
Junction path of the volume.
name
string / required
The name of the volume clone being created.

aliases: volume
ontapi
integer
The ontap api version to use
parent_snapshot
string
Parent snapshot in which volume clone is created off.
parent_volume
string / required
The parent volume of the volume clone being created.
parent_vserver
string
Vserver of parent volume in which clone is created off.
password
string / required
Password for the specified user.

aliases: pass
qos_policy_group_name
string
The qos-policy-group-name which should be set for volume clone.
space_reserve
-
    Choices:
  • volume
  • none
The space_reserve setting which should be used for the volume clone.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
Whether volume clone should be created.
uid
integer
added in 2.9
The UNIX user ID for the clone volume.
use_rest
string
    Choices:
  • Never
  • Always
  • Auto ←
REST API if supported by the target system for all the resources and attributes the module requires. Otherwise will revert to ZAPI.
Always -- will always use the REST API
Never -- will always use the ZAPI
Auto -- will try to use the REST Api
username
string / 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 no, the SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to False used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
volume_type
-
    Choices:
  • rw
  • dp
The volume-type setting which should be used for the volume clone.
vserver
string / required
Vserver in which the volume clone should be created.

Notes

Note

  • The modules prefixed with na\_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

Examples

- name: create volume clone
  na_ontap_volume_clone:
    state: present
    username: "{{ netapp username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp password }}"
    hostname: "{{ netapp hostname }}"
    vserver: vs_hack
    parent_volume: normal_volume
    name: clone_volume_7
    space_reserve: none
    parent_snapshot: backup1
    junction_path: /clone_volume_7
    uid: 1
    gid: 1

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