na_ontap_snapshot_policy – NetApp ONTAP manage Snapshot Policy
New in version 2.8.
Synopsis
- Create/Delete ONTAP snapshot policies
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules support Data ONTAP 9.1 and onward
 - Ansible 2.6
 - Python2 netapp-lib (2017.10.30) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
 - Python3 netapp-lib (2018.11.13) or later. 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 | 
|---|---|---|
|  comment   -    |    A human readable comment attached with the snapshot. The size of the comment can be at most 255 characters.   |  |
|  count   integer    |    Retention count for the snapshots created by the schedule.   |  |
|  enabled   boolean    |   
  |    Status of the snapshot policy indicating whether the policy will be enabled or disabled.   |  
|  hostname   string / required    |    The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.   |  |
|  http_port   integer    |    Override the default port (80 or 443) with this port   |  |
|  https   boolean    |   
  |    Enable and disable https   |  
|  name   - / required    |    Name of the snapshot policy to be managed. The maximum string length is 256 characters.   |  |
|  ontapi   integer    |    The ontap api version to use   |  |
|  password   string / required    |    Password for the specified user.  aliases: pass  |  |
|  schedule   -    |    schedule to be added inside the policy.   |  |
|  state   -    |   
  |    If you want to create or delete a snapshot policy.   |  
|  username   string / 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://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/nmsdk/9.4/.  aliases: user  |  |
|  validate_certs   boolean    |   
  |    If set to   no, the SSL certificates will not be validated.This should only set to   False used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. |  
Notes
Note
- The modules prefixed with na\_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.
 
Examples
- name: create Snapshot policy
  na_ontap_snapshot_policy:
    state: present
    name: ansible2
    schedule: hourly
    count: 150
    enabled: True
    username: "{{ netapp username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp password }}"
    hostname: "{{ netapp hostname }}"
    https: False
- name: delete Snapshot policy
  na_ontap_snapshot_policy:
    state: absent
    name: ansible2
    username: "{{ netapp username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp password }}"
    hostname: "{{ netapp hostname }}"
    https: False
   Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
 - This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
 
Authors
- NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py) <ng-ansibleteam@netapp.com>
 
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