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beadm - Manage ZFS boot environments on FreeBSD/Solaris/illumos systems.
New in version 2.3.
Synopsis
- Create, delete or activate ZFS boot environments.
 - Mount and unmount ZFS boot environments.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| description | Default: 
        "no"
         | 
      
        
        Associate a description with a new boot environment. This option is available only on Solarish platforms.
         | 
     
| force  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Specifies if the unmount should be forced.
         | 
     
| mountpoint | Default: 
        "no"
         | 
      
        
        Path where to mount the ZFS boot environment
         | 
     
| name  
        required
         | 
      
        
        ZFS boot environment name.
        
       aliases: be  | 
     |
| options | Default: 
        "no"
         | 
      
        
        Create the datasets for new BE with specific ZFS properties. Multiple options can be specified. This option is available only on Solarish platforms.
         | 
     
| snapshot | Default: 
        "no"
         | 
      
        
        If specified, the new boot environment will be cloned from the given snapshot or inactive boot environment.
         | 
     
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Create or delete ZFS boot environment.
         | 
     
Examples
- name: Create ZFS boot environment
  beadm:
    name: upgrade-be
    state: present
- name: Create ZFS boot environment from existing inactive boot environment
  beadm:
    name: upgrade-be
    snapshot: be@old
    state: present
- name: Create ZFS boot environment with compression enabled and description "upgrade"
  beadm:
    name: upgrade-be
    options: "compression=on"
    description: upgrade
    state: present
- name: Delete ZFS boot environment
  beadm:
    name: old-be
    state: absent
- name: Mount ZFS boot environment on /tmp/be
  beadm:
    name: BE
    mountpoint: /tmp/be
    state: mounted
- name: Unmount ZFS boot environment
  beadm:
    name: BE
    state: unmounted
- name: Activate ZFS boot environment
  beadm:
    name: upgrade-be
    state: activated
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| description  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        BE description
         Sample:
        
       
        Upgrade from 9.0 to 10.0
         | 
     
| force  
        boolean
         | 
      always | 
        
        if forced action is wanted
          | 
     
| mountpoint  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        BE mountpoint
         Sample:
        
       
        /mnt/be
         | 
     
| name  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        BE name
         Sample:
        
       
        pre-upgrade
         | 
     
| options  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        BE additional options
         Sample:
        
       
        compression=on
         | 
     
| snapshot  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        ZFS snapshot to create BE from
         Sample:
        
       
        rpool/ROOT/oi-hipster@fresh
         | 
     
| state  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        state of the target
         Sample:
        
       
        present
         | 
     
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
- Adam Števko (@xen0l)
 
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