netapp.elementsw.na_elementsw_volume_clone module – NetApp Element Software Create Volume Clone

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

Note

The netapp.elementsw collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 10. See the discussion thread for more information.

New in netapp.elementsw 2.7.0

Synopsis

  • Create volume clones on Element OS

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

access

string

Access allowed for the volume.

If unspecified, the access settings of the clone will be the same as the source.

readOnly - Only read operations are allowed.

readWrite - Reads and writes are allowed.

locked - No reads or writes are allowed.

replicationTarget - Identify a volume as the target volume for a paired set of volumes. If the volume is not paired, the access status is locked.

Choices:

  • "readOnly"

  • "readWrite"

  • "locked"

  • "replicationTarget"

account_id

string / required

Account ID for the owner of this cloned volume. id may be a numeric identifier or an account name.

attributes

dictionary

A YAML dictionary of attributes that you would like to apply on this cloned volume.

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 / required

The name of the clone.

password

aliases: pass

string / required

Password for the specified user.

size

integer

The size of the cloned volume in (size_unit).

size_unit

string

The unit used to interpret the size parameter.

Choices:

  • "bytes"

  • "b"

  • "kb"

  • "mb"

  • "gb" ← (default)

  • "tb"

  • "pb"

  • "eb"

  • "zb"

  • "yb"

src_snapshot_id

string

The id of the snapshot to clone. id may be a numeric identifier or a snapshot name.

src_volume_id

string / required

The id of the src volume to clone. id may be a numeric identifier or a volume name.

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=62636&language=en-US.

Notes

Note

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

Examples

- name: Clone Volume
  na_elementsw_volume_clone:
    hostname: "{{ elementsw_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ elementsw_username }}"
    password: "{{ elementsw_password }}"
    name: CloneAnsibleVol
    src_volume_id: 123
    src_snapshot_id: 41
    account_id: 3
    size: 1
    size_unit: gb
    access: readWrite
    attributes: {"virtual_network_id": 12345}

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)