lowlydba.sqlserver.backup module – Performs a backup operation

Note

This module is part of the lowlydba.sqlserver collection (version 2.3.4).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: lowlydba.sqlserver.backup.

New in lowlydba.sqlserver 0.8.0

Synopsis

  • Performs any type of database backup operation.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

azure_base_url

string

The URL to the base container of an Azure Storage account to write backups to.

azure_credential

string

The name of the credential on the SQL instance that can write to the azure_base_url, only needed if using Storage access keys If using SAS credentials, the command will look for a credential with a name matching the azure_base_url.

block_size

string

Specifies block size to use.

Choices:

  • "0.5kb"

  • "1kb"

  • "2kb"

  • "4kb"

  • "8kb"

  • "16kb"

  • "32kb"

  • "64kb"

buffer_count

integer

Number of I/O buffers to use.

Default: 0

build_path

boolean

By default this command will not attempt to create missing paths, this switch will change the behaviour so that it will.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

checksum

boolean

If set, the backup checksum will be calculated.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

compress

boolean

If set, use compression when creating the backup if it is supported by the version and edition.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

copy_only

boolean

The backup will be CopyOnly.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

create_folder

boolean

If set, database is backed up to its own subfolder within the path.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

database

string / required

The database to process.

encryption_algorithm

string

Specifies the Encryption Algorithm to used.

Choices:

  • "AES128"

  • "AES192"

  • "AES256"

  • "TRIPLEDES"

encryption_certificate

string

The name of the certificate to be used to encrypt the backups.

file_count

integer

The number of striped files to create the backup with.

Default: 0

file_path

string

The name of the file to backup to.

If no name is specified then the backup files will be named DatabaseName_yyyyMMddHHmm (i.e. Database1_201714022131)

ignore_file_checks

boolean

If set, stops the function from checking path validity.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

increment_prefix

boolean

If set, this will prefix backup files with an incrementing integer (ie; 1-, 2-).

Using this has been alleged to improved restore times on some Azure based SQL Database platforms.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

initialize

boolean

Initializes the media as part of the backup operation.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

max_transfer_size

integer

Sets the size of the unit of transfer. Values must be a multiple of 64kb.

Default: 0

no_recovery

boolean

If set, performs a tail log backup.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

path

string

Path in which to place the backup files.

If not specified, the backups will be placed in the default backup location for SqlInstance.

replace_in_name

boolean

If set, the following list of strings will be replaced in the FilePath and Path strings. instancename - will be replaced with the instance Name servername - will be replaced with the server name dbname - will be replaced with the database name timestamp - will be replaced with the timestamp (either the default, or the format provided) backuptype - will be replaced with Full, Log, or Differential as appropriate

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

sql_instance

string / required

The SQL Server instance to modify.

sql_password

string

Password for SQL Authentication.

sql_username

string

Username for SQL Authentication.

timestamp_format

string

By default the command timestamps backups using the format yyyyMMddHHmm. Using this option this can be overridden.

type

string

The type of backup to perform.

Choices:

  • "full"

  • "log"

  • "differential"

  • "diff"

  • "database" ← (default)

verify

boolean

If set, the backup will be verified via RESTORE VERIFYONLY

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

with_format

boolean

Formats the media as the first step of the backup operation.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

platform

Platforms: all

Target OS/families that can be operated against.

Examples

- name: Create striped full database backup in default dir
  lowlydba.sqlserver.backup:
    sql_instance: sql-01.myco.io
    database: LowlyDB
    type: full
    file_count: 8

- name: Create t-log backup
  lowlydba.sqlserver.backup:
    sql_instance: sql-01.myco.io
    database: LowlyDB
    type: log

Return Values

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

Key

Description

data

dictionary

Modified output from the Backup-DbaDatabase function.

Returned: success, but not in check_mode.

Authors

  • John McCall (@lowlydba)