dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule module – Manage snapshot schedules on Unity storage system

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.unity collection (version 1.7.1).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule.

New in dellemc.unity 1.1.0

Synopsis

• Managing snapshot schedules on Unity storage system includes creating new snapshot schedule, getting details of snapshot schedule, modifying attributes of snapshot schedule, and deleting snapshot schedule.

Aliases: dellemc_unity_snapshotschedule

Requirements

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

• A Dell Unity Storage device version 5.1 or later.

• Ansible-core 2.13 or later.

• Python 3.9, 3.10 or 3.11.

• Storops Python SDK 1.2.11.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
auto_delete boolean	Indicates whether the system can automatically delete the snapshot. Choices: false true
day_interval integer	Number of days between snapshots. Applicable only when rule type is every_n_days.
day_of_month integer	Day of the month for which the snapshot schedule rule applies. Applicable only when rule type is every_month. Value should be [1, 31].
days_of_week list / elements=string	Days of the week for which the snapshot schedule rule applies. Applicable only when rule type is every_week. Choices: "SUNDAY" "MONDAY" "TUESDAY" "WEDNESDAY" "THURSDAY" "FRIDAY" "SATURDAY"
desired_retention integer	The number of days/hours for which snapshot will be retained. When auto_delete is true, desired_retention cannot be specified. Maximum desired retention supported is 31 days or 744 hours.
hour integer	The hour when the snapshot will be taken. Applicable for every_n_days, every_week, every_month rule types. For create operation, if hour parameter is not specified, value will be taken as 0. Value should be [0, 23].
hours_of_day list / elements=integer	Hours of the day when the snapshot will be taken. Applicable only when rule type is every_day.
id string	The ID of the snapshot schedule.
interval integer	Number of hours between snapshots. Applicable only when rule type is every_n_hours.
minute integer	Minute offset from the hour when the snapshot will be taken. Applicable for all rule types. For a create operation, if minute parameter is not specified, value will be taken as 0. Value should be [0, 59].
name string	The name of the snapshot schedule. Name is mandatory for a create operation. Specify either name or id (but not both) for any operation.
password string / required	The password of the Unity management server.
port integer	Port number through which communication happens with Unity management server. Default: 443
retention_unit string	The retention unit for the snapshot. Choices: "hours" ← (default) "days"
state string / required	Define whether the snapshot schedule should exist or not. Choices: "absent" "present"
type string	Type of the rule to be included in snapshot schedule. Type is mandatory for any create or modify operation. Once the snapshot schedule is created with one type it can be modified. Choices: "every_n_hours" "every_day" "every_n_days" "every_week" "every_month"
unispherehost string / required	IP or FQDN of the Unity management server.
username string / required	The username of the Unity management server.
validate_certs aliases: verifycert boolean	Boolean variable to specify whether or not to validate SSL certificate. true - Indicates that the SSL certificate should be verified. false - Indicates that the SSL certificate should not be verified. Choices: false true ← (default)

Notes

Note

• Snapshot schedule created through Ansible will have only one rule.

• Modification of rule type is not allowed. Within the same type, other parameters can be modified.

• If an existing snapshot schedule has more than 1 rule in it, only get and delete operation is allowed.

• The check_mode is not supported.

• The modules present in this collection named as ‘dellemc.unity’ are built to support the Dell Unity storage platform.

Examples

- name: Create snapshot schedule (Rule Type - every_n_hours)
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      name: "Ansible_Every_N_Hours_Testing"
      type: "every_n_hours"
      interval: 6
      desired_retention: 24
      state: "{{state_present}}"

- name: Create snapshot schedule (Rule Type - every_day)
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      name: "Ansible_Every_Day_Testing"
      type: "every_day"
      hours_of_day:
        - 8
        - 14
      auto_delete: true
      state: "{{state_present}}"

- name: Create snapshot schedule (Rule Type - every_n_days)
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      name: "Ansible_Every_N_Day_Testing"
      type: "every_n_days"
      day_interval: 2
      desired_retention: 16
      retention_unit: "days"
      state: "{{state_present}}"

- name: Create snapshot schedule (Rule Type - every_week)
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      name: "Ansible_Every_Week_Testing"
      type: "every_week"
      days_of_week:
        - MONDAY
        - FRIDAY
      hour: 12
      minute: 30
      desired_retention: 200
      state: "{{state_present}}"

- name: Create snapshot schedule (Rule Type - every_month)
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      name: "Ansible_Every_Month_Testing"
      type: "every_month"
      day_of_month: 17
      auto_delete: true
      state: "{{state_present}}"

- name: Get snapshot schedule details using name
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      name: "Ansible_Every_N_Hours_Testing"
      state: "{{state_present}}"

- name: Get snapshot schedule details using id
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      id: "{{id}}"
      state: "{{state_present}}"

- name: Modify snapshot schedule details id
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      id: "{{id}}"
      type: "every_n_hours"
      interval: 8
      state: "{{state_present}}"

- name: Modify snapshot schedule using name
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      name: "Ansible_Every_Day_Testing"
      type: "every_day"
      desired_retention: 200
      auto_delete: false
      state: "{{state_present}}"

- name: Delete snapshot schedule using id
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      id: "{{id}}"
      state: "{{state_absent}}"

- name: Delete snapshot schedule using name
  dellemc.unity.snapshotschedule:
      unispherehost: "{{unispherehost}}"
      validate_certs: "{{validate_certs}}"
      username: "{{username}}"
      password: "{{password}}"
      name: "Ansible_Every_Day_Testing"
      state: "{{state_absent}}"

Return Values

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

Key	Description
changed boolean	Whether or not the resource has changed. Returned: always Sample: true
snapshot_schedule_details dictionary	Details of the snapshot schedule. Returned: When snapshot schedule exists Sample: {"existed": true, "hash": 8742032390151, "id": "snapSch_63", "is_default": false, "is_modified": null, "is_sync_replicated": false, "luns": null, "modification_time": "2021-12-14 21:37:47.905000+00:00", "name": "SS7_empty_hour_SS", "rules": [{"access_type": "FilesystemSnapAccessTypeEnum.CHECKPOINT", "days_of_month": null, "days_of_week": {"DayOfWeekEnumList": []}, "existed": true, "hash": 8742032280772, "hours": [0], "id": "SchedRule_109", "interval": 2, "is_auto_delete": false, "minute": 0, "retention_time": 86400, "retention_time_in_hours": 24, "rule_type": "every_n_days", "type": "ScheduleTypeEnum.N_DAYS_AT_HHMM"}], "storage_resources": null, "version": "ScheduleVersionEnum.LEGACY"}
id string	The system ID given to the snapshot schedule. Returned: success
luns dictionary	Details of volumes for which snapshot schedule applied. Returned: success
UnityLunList list / elements=string	List of volumes for which snapshot schedule applied. Returned: success
UnityLun dictionary	Detail of volume. Returned: success
id string	The system ID given to volume. Returned: success
name string	The name of the snapshot schedule. Returned: success
rules list / elements=string	Details of rules that apply to snapshot schedule. Returned: success
days_of_month list / elements=string	Days of the month for which the snapshot schedule rule applies. Returned: success
days_of_week dictionary	Days of the week for which the snapshot schedule rule applies. Returned: success
DayOfWeekEnumList list / elements=string	Enumeration of days of the week. Returned: success
hours list / elements=string	Hourly frequency for the snapshot schedule rule. Returned: success
id string	The system ID of the rule. Returned: success
interval integer	Number of days or hours between snaps, depending on the rule type. Returned: success
is_auto_delete boolean	Indicates whether the system can automatically delete the snapshot based on pool automatic-deletion thresholds. Returned: success
minute integer	Minute frequency for the snapshot schedule rule. Returned: success
retention_time integer	Period of time in seconds for which to keep the snapshot. Returned: success
retention_time_in_hours integer	Period of time in hours for which to keep the snapshot. Returned: success
rule_type string	Type of the rule applied to snapshot schedule. Returned: success
storage_resources dictionary	Details of storage resources for which snapshot. schedule applied. Returned: success
UnityStorageResourceList list / elements=string	List of storage resources for which snapshot schedule applied. Returned: success
UnityStorageResource dictionary	Detail of storage resource. Returned: success
id string	The system ID given to storage resource. Returned: success

Authors

• Akash Shendge (@shenda1)

Collection links

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