splunk_colddb_migration/tasks/rsync_colddb.yml

---
# Synchronize a folder to the new colddb path.
# Specify extra vars for both "target" and "folder"
# 
# e.g.:
#   ansible-playbook rsync_colddb.yml --extra-vars="target=AWS-Indexers folder=defaultdb"
- hosts: "{{ target }}"
  become: true
  become_user: splunk

  tasks:
  # Verify folder is defined
  - name: Variable check
    fail: msg="Variable 'folder' is not defined or is invalid. Please run with --extra-vars=\"target=x folder=dbfolder\""
    when: (folder is not defined)

  # Verify folder exists
  - name: Ensure folder exists
    file:
      path: /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunkcold/{{ folder }}/colddb
      state: directory
      mode: 0750
    
  - name: rsync cold data
    command: rsync -avz --delete /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/{{ folder }}/colddb/ /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunkcold/{{ folder }}/colddb/
    # Run this asynchyronously for one hour, polling every 30.
#    async: 604800
#    poll: 60
    register: rsync_result

#  - debug: msg="{{ rsync_result.stdout}}"
#  - debug: msg="{{ rsync_result.stderr}}"