Python API: sam v8_1_5 sam.createDataset()
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This is the python interface to the command 'sam create dataset'.
Command Description:
Take a snapshot and return the snapshotId.
Python Usage:
from Sam import sam
result = sam.createDataset(...)
Return value: long
Arguments are passed as keyword-value pairs, as in:
myfunc(arg1='myarg', arg2='anotherarg', d=1)
Argument Keyword Description:
(*) indicates that this keyword is required
>>> indicates that either the API object or the CLI equivalent (<<<) is required
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KEYWORD DATA TYPE DESCRIPTION
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c SamBoolean automatically close all servants after each method call
corbaCallTimeout int time in seconds for CORBA method calls to return before timing out (default: 0; zero implies no timeout)
d SamBoolean debug mode
definitionId string the DB ID number of the dataset definition to use when taking the snapshot
definitionName string the name of the dataset definition to use when taking the snapshot
description string description of the snapshot
(*) group string the work group to which this snapshot should be assigned for bookkeeping
retryInterval int retry interval base in seconds; will multiply this base times retryCount (default: 5)
retryJitter int retry jitter, random jitter added to base retry interval times retryCount (default: 5)
retryMaxCount int number of times to retry CORBA calls for retriable exceptions (default: 25; zero implies no retries)
s SamBoolean retrySilently mode (do not issue messages to stderr on proxy retries)
t SamBoolean time-it mode (print additional info on timings)
v SamBoolean verbose mode
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Must have at least one of:
(definitionName, definitionId)
Mutually exclusive keywords:
(definitionName || definitionId)
Environment Defaults:
c = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_AUTO_CLOSE_SERVANTS']
corbaCallTimeout = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_CORBA_CALL_TIMEOUT']
retryInterval = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_RETRY_INTERVAL']
retryJitter = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_RETRY_JITTER']
retryMaxCount = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_RETRY_MAX_COUNT']
s = os.environ['SAM_PYAPI_RETRY_SILENTLY']
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