purefa_snap – Manage volume snapshots on Pure Storage FlashArrays

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Create or delete volumes and volume snapshots on Pure Storage FlashArray.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7
  • purestorage

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_token
string / required
FlashArray API token for admin privileged user.
eradicate
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Define whether to eradicate the snapshot on delete or leave in trash.
fa_url
string / required
FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
name
string / required
The name of the source volume.
overwrite
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Define whether to overwrite existing volume when creating from snapshot.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • copy
  • present ←
Define whether the volume snapshot should exist or not.
suffix
string
Suffix of snapshot name.
target
string
Name of target volume if creating from snapshot.

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the purestorage Python library
  • You must set PUREFA_URL and PUREFA_API environment variables if fa_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

Examples

- name: Create snapshot foo.ansible
  purefa_snap:
    name: foo
    suffix: ansible
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

- name: Create R/W clone foo_clone from snapshot foo.snap
  purefa_snap:
    name: foo
    suffix: snap
    target: foo_clone
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: copy

- name: Overwrite existing volume foo_clone with snapshot foo.snap
  purefa_snap:
    name: foo
    suffix: snap
    target: foo_clone
    overwrite: true
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: copy

- name: Delete and eradicate snapshot named foo.snap
  purefa_snap:
    name: foo
    suffix: snap
    eradicate: true
    fa_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

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