netapp.elementsw.na_elementsw_snapshot module – NetApp Element Software Manage Snapshots

Note

This module 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_snapshot.

New in version 2.7.0: of netapp.elementsw

Synopsis

  • Create, Modify or Delete Snapshot on Element OS Cluster.

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

account_id

string / required

Account ID or Name of Parent/Source Volume.

enable_remote_replication

boolean

Flag, whether to replicate the snapshot created to a remote replication cluster.

To enable specify ‘true’ value.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

expiration_time

string

The date and time (format ISO 8601 date string) at which this snapshot will expire.

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.

name

string

Name of new snapshot create.

If unspecified, date and time when the snapshot was taken is used.

password

aliases: pass

string / required

Password for the specified user.

retention

string

Retention period for the snapshot.

Format is ‘HH:mm:ss’.

snap_mirror_label

string

Label used by SnapMirror software to specify snapshot retention policy on SnapMirror endpoint.

src_snapshot_id

string

ID or Name of an existing snapshot.

Required when state=present, to modify snapshot properties.

Required when state=present, to create snapshot from another snapshot in the volume.

Required when state=absent, to delete snapshot.

src_volume_id

string / required

ID or Name of active volume.

state

string

Whether the specified snapshot should exist or not.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

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

- name: Create snapshot
  tags:
  - elementsw_create_snapshot
  na_elementsw_snapshot:
    hostname: "{{ elementsw_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ elementsw_username }}"
    password: "{{ elementsw_password }}"
    state: present
    src_volume_id: 118
    account_id: sagarsh
    name: newsnapshot-1

- name: Modify Snapshot
  tags:
  - elementsw_modify_snapshot
  na_elementsw_snapshot:
    hostname: "{{ elementsw_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ elementsw_username }}"
    password: "{{ elementsw_password }}"
    state: present
    src_volume_id: sagarshansivolume
    src_snapshot_id: test1
    account_id: sagarsh
    expiration_time: '2018-06-16T12:24:56Z'
    enable_remote_replication: false

- name: Delete Snapshot
  tags:
  - elementsw_delete_snapshot
  na_elementsw_snapshot:
    hostname: "{{ elementsw_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ elementsw_username }}"
    password: "{{ elementsw_password }}"
    state: absent
    src_snapshot_id: deltest1
    account_id: sagarsh
    src_volume_id: sagarshansivolume

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

msg

string

Success message

Returned: success

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)