netapp.elementsw.na_elementsw_backup – NetApp Element Software Create Backups

Note

This plugin is part of the netapp.elementsw collection (version 21.7.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install netapp.elementsw.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp.elementsw.na_elementsw_backup.

New in version 2.7.0: of netapp.elementsw

Synopsis

  • Create backup

Requirements

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

  • The modules were developed with SolidFire 10.1

  • solidfire-sdk-python (1.1.0.92) or greater. Install using ‘pip install solidfire-sdk-python’

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

dest_hostname

string

hostname for the backup source cluster

will be set equal to hostname if not specified

dest_password

string

password for the backup destination cluster

will be set equal to password if not specified

dest_username

string

username for the backup destination cluster

will be set equal to username if not specified

dest_volume_id

string / required

ID of the backup destination volume

format

string

Backup format to use

Choices:

  • native ← (default)

  • uncompressed

hostname

string / required

The hostname or IP address of the SolidFire cluster.

For na_elementsw_cluster, the Management IP (MIP) or hostname of the node to initiate the cluster creation from.

password

aliases: pass

string / required

Password for the specified user.

script

string

the backup script to be executed

script_parameters

dictionary

the backup script parameters

src_volume_id

aliases: volume_id

string / required

ID of the backup source volume.

username

aliases: user

string / required

Please ensure that the user has the adequate permissions. For more information, please read the official documentation https://mysupport.netapp.com/documentation/docweb/index.html?productID%3D62636%26language%3Den-US.

Notes

Note

  • The modules prefixed with na\_elementsw are built to support the SolidFire storage platform.

Examples

na_elementsw_backup:
  hostname: "{{ source_cluster_hostname }}"
  username: "{{ source_cluster_username }}"
  password: "{{ source_cluster_password }}"
  src_volume_id: 1
  dest_hostname: "{{ destination_cluster_hostname }}"
  dest_username: "{{ destination_cluster_username }}"
  dest_password: "{{ destination_cluster_password }}"
  dest_volume_id: 3
  format: native

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