community.windows.win_data_deduplication – Module to enable Data Deduplication on a volume.
community.windows.win_data_deduplication – Module to enable Data Deduplication on a volume.
Note
This plugin is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.2.0).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.windows
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_data_deduplication
.
Synopsis
- This module can be used to enable Data Deduplication on a Windows volume.
- The module will install the FS-Data-Deduplication feature (a reboot will be necessary).
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|
drive_letter string / required |
Windows drive letter on which to enable data deduplication. | ||
settings dictionary |
Dictionary of settings to pass to the Set-DedupVolume powershell command. | ||
minimum_file_age_days integer |
Default: 2 |
Minimum file age you want to target for deduplication. | |
minimum_file_size integer |
Default: 32768 |
Minimum file size you want to target for deduplication. It will default to 32768 if not defined or if the value is less than 32768. | |
no_compress boolean |
|
Wether you want to enabled filesystem compression or not. | |
optimize_in_use_files boolean |
|
Indicates that the server attempts to optimize currently open files. | |
verify boolean |
|
Indicates whether the deduplication engine performs a byte-for-byte verification for each duplicate chunk that optimization creates, rather than relying on a cryptographically strong hash. This option is not recommend. Setting this parameter to True can degrade optimization performance. | |
state string |
|
Wether to enable or disable data deduplication on the selected volume. |
Examples
- name: Enable Data Deduplication on D
community.windows.win_data_deduplication:
drive_letter: 'D'
state: present
- name: Enable Data Deduplication on D
community.windows.win_data_deduplication:
drive_letter: 'D'
state: present
settings:
no_compress: true
minimum_file_age_days: 1
minimum_file_size: 0
Authors
- rnsc (@rnsc)
© 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/windows/win_data_deduplication_module.html