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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.
 
Options
| parameter | required | default | choices | comments | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| description | 
      no | 
        
        Associate a description with a new boot environment. This option is available only on Solarish platforms.
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| force | 
      no | 
       
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        Specifies if the unmount should be forced.
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| mountpoint | 
      no | 
        
        Path where to mount the ZFS boot environment
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| name | 
      yes | 
        
        ZFS boot environment name.
        
       
        aliases: be
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| options | 
      no | 
        
        Create the datasets for new BE with specific ZFS properties. Multiple options can be specified. This option is available only on Solarish platforms.
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| snapshot | 
      no | 
        
        If specified, the new boot environment will be cloned from the given snapshot or inactive boot environment.
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| state | 
      no | present | 
       
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        Create or delete ZFS boot environment.
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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 Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| name | description | returned | type | sample | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| description | 
        
        BE description
         | 
      always | string | Upgrade from 9.0 to 10.0 | 
| force | 
        
        if forced action is wanted
         | 
      always | boolean | False | 
| mountpoint | 
        
        BE mountpoint
         | 
      always | string | /mnt/be | 
| name | 
        
        BE name
         | 
      always | string | pre-upgrade | 
| options | 
        
        BE additional options
         | 
      always | string | compression=on | 
| snapshot | 
        
        ZFS snapshot to create BE from
         | 
      always | string | rpool/ROOT/oi-hipster@fresh | 
| state | 
        
        state of the target
         | 
      always | string | present | 
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
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