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purefa_snap – Manage volume snapshots on Pure Storage FlashArrays
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis
- Create or delete volumes and volume snapshots on Pure Storage FlashArray.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.7
- purestorage
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
api_token
string / required
|
FlashArray API token for admin privileged user.
|
|
eradicate
boolean
|
|
Define whether to eradicate the snapshot on delete or leave in trash.
|
fa_url
string / required
|
FlashArray management IPv4 address or Hostname.
|
|
name
string / required
|
The name of the source volume.
|
|
overwrite
boolean
|
|
Define whether to overwrite existing volume when creating from snapshot.
|
state
string
|
|
Define whether the volume snapshot should exist or not.
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suffix
string
|
Suffix of snapshot name.
|
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target
string
|
Name of target volume if creating from snapshot.
|
Notes
Note
- This module requires the
purestorage
Python library - You must set
PUREFA_URL
andPUREFA_API
environment variables if fa_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly
Examples
- name: Create snapshot foo.ansible
purefa_snap:
name: foo
suffix: ansible
fa_url: 10.10.10.2
api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
state: present
- name: Create R/W clone foo_clone from snapshot foo.snap
purefa_snap:
name: foo
suffix: snap
target: foo_clone
fa_url: 10.10.10.2
api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
state: copy
- name: Overwrite existing volume foo_clone with snapshot foo.snap
purefa_snap:
name: foo
suffix: snap
target: foo_clone
overwrite: true
fa_url: 10.10.10.2
api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
state: copy
- name: Delete and eradicate snapshot named foo.snap
purefa_snap:
name: foo
suffix: snap
eradicate: true
fa_url: 10.10.10.2
api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
state: absent
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Pure Storage Ansible Team (@sdodsley) <pure-ansible-team@purestorage.com>
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