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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Created on Aug 25, 2016
+# @author: Gaurav Rastogi (grastogi@avinetworks.com)
+#          Eric Anderson (eanderson@avinetworks.com)
+# module_check: supported
+# Avi Version: 17.1.1
+#
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: avi_backup
+author: Gaurav Rastogi (grastogi@avinetworks.com)
+
+short_description: Module for setup of Backup Avi RESTful Object
+description:
+    - This module is used to configure Backup object
+    - more examples at U(https://github.com/avinetworks/devops)
+requirements: [ avisdk ]
+version_added: "2.4"
+options:
+    state:
+        description:
+            - The state that should be applied on the entity.
+        default: present
+        choices: ["absent","present"]
+    backup_config_ref:
+        description:
+            - Backupconfiguration information.
+            - It is a reference to an object of type backupconfiguration.
+    file_name:
+        description:
+            - The file name of backup.
+        required: true
+    local_file_url:
+        description:
+            - Url to download the backup file.
+    remote_file_url:
+        description:
+            - Url to download the backup file.
+    scheduler_ref:
+        description:
+            - Scheduler information.
+            - It is a reference to an object of type scheduler.
+    tenant_ref:
+        description:
+            - It is a reference to an object of type tenant.
+    timestamp:
+        description:
+            - Unix timestamp of when the backup file is created.
+    url:
+        description:
+            - Avi controller URL of the object.
+    uuid:
+        description:
+            - Unique object identifier of the object.
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - avi
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+- name: Example to create Backup object
+  avi_backup:
+    controller: 10.10.25.42
+    username: admin
+    password: something
+    state: present
+    name: sample_backup
+"""
+
+RETURN = '''
+obj:
+    description: Backup (api/backup) object
+    returned: success, changed
+    type: dict
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.avi import (
+        avi_common_argument_spec, HAS_AVI, avi_ansible_api)
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_AVI = False
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_specs = dict(
+        state=dict(default='present',
+                   choices=['absent', 'present']),
+        backup_config_ref=dict(type='str',),
+        file_name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+        local_file_url=dict(type='str',),
+        remote_file_url=dict(type='str',),
+        scheduler_ref=dict(type='str',),
+        tenant_ref=dict(type='str',),
+        timestamp=dict(type='str',),
+        url=dict(type='str',),
+        uuid=dict(type='str',),
+    )
+    argument_specs.update(avi_common_argument_spec())
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_specs, supports_check_mode=True)
+    if not HAS_AVI:
+        return module.fail_json(msg=(
+            'Avi python API SDK (avisdk>=17.1) is not installed. '
+            'For more details visit https://github.com/avinetworks/sdk.'))
+    return avi_ansible_api(module, 'backup',
+                           set([]))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()