purestorage.flashblade.purefb_snap – Manage filesystem snapshots on Pure Storage FlashBlades

Note

This plugin is part of the purestorage.flashblade collection (version 1.4.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install purestorage.flashblade.

To use it in a playbook, specify: purestorage.flashblade.purefb_snap.

New in version 1.0.0: of purestorage.flashblade

Synopsis

  • Create or delete volumes and filesystem snapshots on Pure Storage FlashBlades.
  • Restoring a filesystem from a snapshot is only supported using the latest snapshot.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.7
  • purity_fb >= 1.9
  • netaddr
  • pytz

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_token
string
FlashBlade API token for admin privileged user.
eradicate
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Define whether to eradicate the snapshot on delete or leave in trash.
fb_url
string
FlashBlade management IP address or Hostname.
name
string / required
The name of the source filesystem.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
  • restore
Define whether the filesystem snapshot should exist or not.
suffix
string
Suffix of snapshot name.

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the purity_fb Python library
  • You must set PUREFB_URL and PUREFB_API environment variables if fb_url and api_token arguments are not passed to the module directly

Examples

- name: Create snapshot foo.ansible
  purefb_snap:
    name: foo
    suffix: ansible
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

- name: Delete snapshot named foo.snap
  purefb_snap:
    name: foo
    suffix: snap
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

- name: Recover deleted snapshot foo.ansible
  purefb_snap:
    name: foo
    suffix: ansible
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: present

- name: Restore filesystem foo (uses latest snapshot)
  purefb_snap:
    name: foo
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: restore

- name: Eradicate snapshot named foo.snap
  purefb_snap:
    name: foo
    suffix: snap
    eradicate: true
    fb_url: 10.10.10.2
    api_token: e31060a7-21fc-e277-6240-25983c6c4592
    state: absent

Authors

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/purestorage/flashblade/purefb_snap_module.html