netapp.ontap.na_ontap_snapmirror_policy – NetApp ONTAP create, delete or modify SnapMirror policies

Note

This plugin is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 21.14.1).

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.ontap.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp.ontap.na_ontap_snapmirror_policy.

New in version 20.3.0: of netapp.ontap

Synopsis

  • NetApp ONTAP create, modify, or destroy the SnapMirror policy

  • Add, modify and remove SnapMirror policy rules

  • Following parameters are not supported in REST; ‘owner’, ‘restart’, ‘transfer_priority’, ‘tries’, ‘ignore_atime’, ‘common_snapshot_schedule’

Requirements

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

  • Ansible 2.9

  • Python3 netapp-lib (2018.11.13) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’

  • netapp-lib 2020.3.12 is strongly recommended as it provides better error reporting for connection issues.

  • A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules support Data ONTAP 9.1 and onward.

  • REST support requires ONTAP 9.6 or later.

  • To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cert_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client cert file (.pem).

not supported with python 2.6.

comment

string

Specifies the SnapMirror policy comment.

common_snapshot_schedule

string

Specifies the common Snapshot copy schedule associated with the policy, only required for strict_sync_mirror and sync_mirror.

feature_flags

dictionary

added in 20.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Enable or disable a new feature.

This can be used to enable an experimental feature or disable a new feature that breaks backward compatibility.

Supported keys and values are subject to change without notice. Unknown keys are ignored.

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

Enable and disable https.

Ignored when using REST as only https is supported.

Ignored when using SSL certificate authentication as it requires SSL.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

ignore_atime

boolean

Specifies whether incremental transfers will ignore files which have only their access time changed. Applies to SnapMirror vault relationships only.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

is_network_compression_enabled

boolean

Specifies whether network compression is enabled for transfers.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

keep

list / elements=integer

added in 20.7.0 of netapp.ontap

SnapMirror policy rule retention count for snapshots created.

Required when defining policy rules.

key_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client key file.

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

owner

string

Specifies the owner of the SnapMirror policy.

Choices:

  • cluster_admin

  • vserver_admin

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

policy_name

string / required

Specifies the SnapMirror policy name.

policy_type

string

Specifies the SnapMirror policy type. Modifying the type of an existing SnapMirror policy is not supported

Choices:

  • vault

  • async_mirror

  • mirror_vault

  • strict_sync_mirror

  • sync_mirror

prefix

list / elements=string

added in 20.7.0 of netapp.ontap

SnapMirror policy rule prefix.

Optional when defining policy rules.

Set to ‘’ to not set or remove an existing custom prefix.

Prefix name should be unique within the policy.

When specifying a custom prefix, schedule must also be specified.

restart

string

Defines the behavior of SnapMirror if an interrupted transfer exists, applies to data protection only.

Choices:

  • always

  • never

  • default

schedule

list / elements=string

added in 20.7.0 of netapp.ontap

SnapMirror policy rule schedule.

Optional when defining policy rules.

Set to ‘’ to not set or remove a schedule.

When specifying a schedule a custom prefix can be set otherwise the prefix will be set to snapmirror_label.

snapmirror_label

list / elements=string

added in 20.7.0 of netapp.ontap

SnapMirror policy rule label.

Required when defining policy rules.

Use an empty list to remove all user-defined rules.

state

string

Whether the specified SnapMirror policy should exist or not.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

transfer_priority

string

Specifies the priority at which a SnapMirror transfer runs.

Choices:

  • low

  • normal

tries

string

Specifies the number of tries.

use_rest

string

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

Default: “auto”

username

aliases: user

string

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/.

Two authentication methods are supported

  1. basic authentication, using username and password,

  2. SSL certificate authentication, using a ssl client cert file, and optionally a private key file.

To use a certificate, the certificate must have been installed in the ONTAP cluster, and cert authentication must have been enabled.

validate_certs

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

vserver

string / required

Specifies the vserver for the SnapMirror policy.

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: Create SnapMirror policy
  na_ontap_snapmirror_policy:
    state: present
    vserver: "SVM1"
    policy_name: "ansible_policy"
    policy_type: "mirror_vault"
    comment: "created by ansible"
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: false

- name: Modify SnapMirror policy
  na_ontap_snapmirror_policy:
    state: present
    vserver: "SVM1"
    policy_name: "ansible_policy"
    policy_type: "async_mirror"
    transfer_priority: "low"
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: false

- name: Create SnapMirror policy with basic rules
  na_ontap_snapmirror_policy:
    state: present
    vserver: "SVM1"
    policy_name: "ansible_policy"
    policy_type: "async_mirror"
    snapmirror_label: ['daily', 'weekly', 'monthly']
    keep: [7, 5, 12]
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: false

- name: Create SnapMirror policy with rules and schedules (no schedule for daily rule)
  na_ontap_snapmirror_policy:
    state: present
    vserver: "SVM1"
    policy_name: "ansible_policy"
    policy_type: "mirror_vault"
    snapmirror_label: ['daily', 'weekly', 'monthly']
    keep: [7, 5, 12]
    schedule: ['','weekly','monthly']
    prefix: ['','','monthly_mv']
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: false

- name: Modify SnapMirror policy with rules, remove existing schedules and prefixes
  na_ontap_snapmirror_policy:
    state: present
    vserver: "SVM1"
    policy_name: "ansible_policy"
    policy_type: "mirror_vault"
    snapmirror_label: ['daily', 'weekly', 'monthly']
    keep: [7, 5, 12]
    schedule: ['','','']
    prefix: ['','','']
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: false

- name: Modify SnapMirror policy, delete all rules (excludes builtin rules)
  na_ontap_snapmirror_policy:
    state: present
    vserver: "SVM1"
    policy_name: "ansible_policy"
    policy_type: "mirror_vault"
    snapmirror_label: []
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: false

- name: Delete SnapMirror policy
  na_ontap_snapmirror_policy:
    state: absent
    vserver: "SVM1"
    policy_type: "async_mirror"
    policy_name: "ansible_policy"
    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    https: true
    validate_certs: false

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