netapp_e_snapshot_volume - NetApp E-Series manage snapshot volumes.¶

New in version 2.2.

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Examples
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Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Create, update, remove snapshot volumes for NetApp E/EF-Series storage arrays.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
api_password required		The password to authenticate with the SANtricity WebServices Proxy or embedded REST API.
api_url required		The url to the SANtricity WebServices Proxy or embedded REST API.
api_username required		The username to authenticate with the SANtricity WebServices Proxy or embedded REST API.
full_threshold	Default: 85	The repository utilization warning threshold percentage
name required		The name you wish to give the snapshot volume
repo_percentage	Default: 20	The size of the view in relation to the size of the base volume
snapshot_image_id required		The identifier of the snapshot image used to create the new snapshot volume. Note: You'll likely want to use the netapp_e_facts module to find the ID of the image you want.
ssid required		storage array ID
state required	Choices: absent present	Whether to create or remove the snapshot volume
storage_pool_name required		Name of the storage pool on which to allocate the repository volume.
validate_certs	Default: yes	Should https certificates be validated?
view_mode required	Choices: modeUnknown readWrite readOnly __UNDEFINED	The snapshot volume access mode

Notes ¶

Note

Only full_threshold is supported for update operations. If the snapshot volume already exists and the threshold matches, then an ok status will be returned, no other changes can be made to a pre-existing snapshot volume.

Examples ¶

- name: Snapshot volume
  netapp_e_snapshot_volume:
    ssid: "{{ ssid }}"
    api_url: "{{ netapp_api_url }}/"
    api_username: "{{ netapp_api_username }}"
    api_password: "{{ netapp_api_password }}"
    state: present
    storage_pool_name: "{{ snapshot_volume_storage_pool_name }}"
    snapshot_image_id: "{{ snapshot_volume_image_id }}"
    name: "{{ snapshot_volume_name }}"

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
msg string	success	Success message Sample: Json facts for the volume that was created.

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Kevin Hulquest (@hulquest)

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