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na_ontap_snapshot - Manage NetApp Sanpshots
New in version 2.6.
Synopsis
- Create/Modify/Delete Ontap snapshots
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules were developed with Clustered Data ONTAP 9.3
 - Ansible 2.6
 - netapp-lib (2017.10.30). Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
 - To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| async_bool  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If true, the snapshot is to be created asynchronously.
         | 
     
| comment | 
        
        A human readable comment attached with the snapshot. The size of the comment can be at most 255 characters.
         | 
     |
| hostname  
        required
         | 
      
        
        The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.
         | 
     |
| https  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable and disabled https
         | 
     
| ignore_owners  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        if this field is true, snapshot will be deleted even if some other processes are accessing it.
         | 
     
| new_comment | 
        
        A human readable comment attached with the snapshot. The size of the comment can be at most 255 characters. This will replace the existing comment
         | 
     |
| password  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Password for the specified user.
        
       aliases: pass  | 
     |
| snapmirror_label | 
        
        A human readable SnapMirror Label attached with the snapshot. Size of the label can be at most 31 characters.
         | 
     |
| snapshot  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the snapshot to be managed. The maximum string length is 256 characters.
         | 
     |
| snapshot_instance_uuid | 
        
        The 128 bit unique snapshot identifier expressed in the form of UUID.
         | 
     |
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        If you want to create/modify a snapshot, or delete it.
         | 
     
| username  
        required
         | 
      
        
        This can be a Cluster-scoped or SVM-scoped account, depending on whether a Cluster-level or SVM-level API is required. For more information, please read the documentation https://goo.gl/BRu78Z.
        
       aliases: user  | 
     |
| volume  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the volume on which the snapshot is to be created.
         | 
     |
| vserver | 
        
        The Vserver name
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- The modules prefixed with na_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.
 
Examples
- name: create SnapShot
  tags:
    - create
  na_ontap_snapshot:
    state=present
    snapshot={{ snapshot name }}
    volume={{ vol name }}
    comment="i am a comment"
    vserver={{ vserver name }}
    username={{ netapp username }}
    password={{ netapp password }}
    hostname={{ netapp hostname }}
- name: delete SnapShot
  tags:
    - delete
  na_ontap_snapshot:
    state=absent
    snapshot={{ snapshot name }}
    volume={{ vol name }}
    vserver={{ vserver name }}
    username={{ netapp username }}
    password={{ netapp password }}
    hostname={{ netapp hostname }}
- name: modify SnapShot
  tags:
    - modify
  na_ontap_snapshot:
    state=present
    snapshot={{ snapshot name }}
    new_comment="New comments are great"
    volume={{ vol name }}
    vserver={{ vserver name }}
    username={{ netapp username }}
    password={{ netapp password }}
    hostname={{ netapp hostname }}
  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
- Chris Archibald (carchi@netapp.com), Kevin Hutton (khutton@netapp.com)
 
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 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/na_ontap_snapshot_module.html