# na_ontap_snapshot – NetApp ONTAP manage Snapshots

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Status

## Synopsis

- Create/Modify/Delete ONTAP snapshots

## 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
--- | --- | ---

async_bool
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

If true, the snapshot is to be created asynchronously.

comment - |  | A human readable comment attached with the snapshot. The size of the comment can be at most 255 characters.
from_name - added in 2.8 |  | Name of the existing snapshot to be renamed to.
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

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Enable and disable https

ignore_owners
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

if this field is true, snapshot will be deleted even if some other processes are accessing it.

ontapi integer |  | The ontap api version to use
password string / required |  | Password for the specified user. aliases: pass
snapmirror_label - |  | A human readable SnapMirror Label attached with the snapshot. Size of the label can be at most 31 characters.
snapshot - / required |  | Name of the snapshot to be managed. The maximum string length is 256 characters.
snapshot_instance_uuid - |  | The 128 bit unique snapshot identifier expressed in the form of UUID.

state
-

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

If you want to create/modify a snapshot, or delete it.

use_rest
string

Choices:
- Never
- Always
- Auto ←

REST API if supported by the target system for all the resources and attributes the module requires. Otherwise will revert to ZAPI.
Always -- will always use the REST API
Never -- will always use the ZAPI
Auto -- will try to use the REST Api

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

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

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.

volume - / required |  | Name of the volume on which the snapshot is to be created.
vserver - / required |  | The Vserver name

## Notes

Note

- The modules prefixed with na\_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

## Examples

    - name: create SnapShot
      tags:
        - create
      na_ontap_snapshot:
        state: present
        snapshot: "{{ snapshot name }}"
        volume: "{{ vol name }}"
        comment: "i am a comment"
        vserver: "{{ vserver name }}"
        username: "{{ netapp username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp password }}"
        hostname: "{{ netapp hostname }}"
    - name: delete SnapShot
      tags:
        - delete
      na_ontap_snapshot:
        state: absent
        snapshot: "{{ snapshot name }}"
        volume: "{{ vol name }}"
        vserver: "{{ vserver name }}"
        username: "{{ netapp username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp password }}"
        hostname: "{{ netapp hostname }}"
    - name: modify SnapShot
      tags:
        - modify
      na_ontap_snapshot:
        state: present
        snapshot: "{{ snapshot name }}"
        comment: "New comments are great"
        volume: "{{ vol name }}"
        vserver: "{{ vserver name }}"
        username: "{{ netapp username }}"
        password: "{{ netapp password }}"
        hostname: "{{ netapp hostname }}"

## 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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