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author | Jon Hawkesworth <jhawkesworth@users.noreply.github.com> | 2015-06-19 08:52:43 +0100 |
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committer | Jon Hawkesworth <jhawkesworth@users.noreply.github.com> | 2015-06-19 08:52:43 +0100 |
commit | 93c2f9245aa3c75272df7547fac3d68718e80243 (patch) | |
tree | fe5a2e7453c3b83b5cd9f7638ec9923c57cf0f9d /windows/win_copy.py | |
parent | 6449a01311b2663dd152fdcb49d8c3952386bc5d (diff) | |
download | ansible-modules-core-93c2f9245aa3c75272df7547fac3d68718e80243.tar.gz |
document file size limit for win_copy module
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/windows/win_copy.py b/windows/win_copy.py index 54f035b1..efdebc5a 100644 --- a/windows/win_copy.py +++ b/windows/win_copy.py @@ -47,9 +47,15 @@ options: default: null author: "Jon Hawkesworth (@jhawkesworth)" notes: - - The "win_copy" module recursively copy facility does not scale to lots (>hundreds) of files. - Instead, you may find it better to create files locally, perhaps using win_template, and - then use win_get_url to fetch them from your managed hosts into the correct location. + - The "win_copy" module is best used for small files only. + This module should **not** be used for files bigger than 3Mb as + this will result in a 500 response from the winrm host + and it will not be possible to connect via winrm again until the + windows remote management service has been restarted on the + windows host. + Files larger than 1Mb will take minutes to transfer. + The recommended way to transfer large files is using win_get_url + or collecting from a windows file share folder. ''' EXAMPLES = ''' |