community.general.mksysb – Generates AIX mksysb rootvg backups.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.mksysb.

Synopsis
Parameters
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

This module manages a basic AIX mksysb (image) of rootvg.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
backup_crypt_files boolean	no yes ←	Backup encrypted files.
backup_dmapi_fs boolean	no yes ←	Back up DMAPI filesystem files.
create_map_files boolean	no ← yes	Creates a new MAP files.
exclude_files boolean	no ← yes	Excludes files using `/etc/rootvg.exclude`.
exclude_wpar_files boolean	no ← yes	Excludes WPAR files.
extended_attrs boolean	no yes ←	Backup extended attributes.
name string / required		Backup name
new_image_data boolean	no yes ←	Creates a new file data.
software_packing boolean	no ← yes	Exclude files from packing option listed in `/etc/exclude_packing.rootvg`.
storage_path string / required		Storage path where the mksysb will stored.
use_snapshot boolean	no ← yes	Creates backup using snapshots.

Examples

- name: Running a backup image mksysb
  community.general.mksysb:
    name: myserver
    storage_path: /repository/images
    exclude_files: yes
    exclude_wpar_files: yes

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
changed boolean	always	Return changed for mksysb actions as true or false.
msg string	always	Return message regarding the action.

Authors

Kairo Araujo (@kairoaraujo)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/mksysb_module.html