ovirt_snapshot – Module to manage Virtual Machine Snapshots in oVirt/RHV

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Module to manage Virtual Machine Snapshots in oVirt/RHV

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.7
• ovirt-engine-sdk-python >= 4.3.0

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# Examples don't contain auth parameter for simplicity,
# look at ovirt_auth module to see how to reuse authentication:

# Create snapshot:
- ovirt_snapshot:
    vm_name: rhel7
    description: MySnapshot
  register: snapshot

# Create snapshot and save memory:
- ovirt_snapshot:
    vm_name: rhel7
    description: SnapWithMem
    use_memory: true
  register: snapshot

# Restore snapshot:
- ovirt_snapshot:
    state: restore
    vm_name: rhel7
    snapshot_id: "{{ snapshot.id }}"

# Remove snapshot:
- ovirt_snapshot:
    state: absent
    vm_name: rhel7
    snapshot_id: "{{ snapshot.id }}"

# Upload local image to disk and attach it to vm:
# Since Ansible 2.8
- ovirt_snapshot:
    name: mydisk
    vm_name: myvm
    upload_image_path: /path/to/mydisk.qcow2

# Download snapshot to local file system:
# Since Ansible 2.8
- ovirt_snapshot:
    snapshot_id: 7de90f31-222c-436c-a1ca-7e655bd5b60c
    disk_name: DiskName
    vm_name: myvm
    download_image_path: /home/user/mysnaphost.qcow2

# Delete all snapshots older than 2 days
- ovirt_snapshot:
    vm_name: test
    keep_days_old: 2

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Ondra Machacek (@machacekondra)