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community.windows.win_data_deduplication – Module to enable Data Deduplication on a volume.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.2.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_data_deduplication.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to enable Data Deduplication on a Windows volume.
  • The module will install the FS-Data-Deduplication feature (a reboot will be necessary).

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
drive_letter
string / required
Windows drive letter on which to enable data deduplication.
settings
dictionary
Dictionary of settings to pass to the Set-DedupVolume powershell command.
minimum_file_age_days
integer
Default:
2
Minimum file age you want to target for deduplication.
minimum_file_size
integer
Default:
32768
Minimum file size you want to target for deduplication.
It will default to 32768 if not defined or if the value is less than 32768.
no_compress
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Wether you want to enabled filesystem compression or not.
optimize_in_use_files
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Indicates that the server attempts to optimize currently open files.
verify
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Indicates whether the deduplication engine performs a byte-for-byte verification for each duplicate chunk that optimization creates, rather than relying on a cryptographically strong hash.
This option is not recommend.
Setting this parameter to True can degrade optimization performance.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Wether to enable or disable data deduplication on the selected volume.

Examples

- name: Enable Data Deduplication on D
  community.windows.win_data_deduplication:
    drive_letter: 'D'
    state: present

- name: Enable Data Deduplication on D
  community.windows.win_data_deduplication:
    drive_letter: 'D'
    state: present
    settings:
      no_compress: true
      minimum_file_age_days: 1
      minimum_file_size: 0

Authors

  • rnsc (@rnsc)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/windows/win_data_deduplication_module.html