I am trying to use ansible to do our AIX patching.   In my playbook when it goes  to execute the following code:

  - name: Run AIX Update
    nim:
      action: update
      lpp_source: "{{ nim_lpp_source }}"
      targets: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
    delegate_to: "{{ nim_master }}"

I get the following error:  The error was: UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

I am using ibm.power_aix:1.7.2 which appears to be the latest and greatest.

Now I'm fairly new at Ansible so maybe I'm missing something .   I don't have have a variable unavail_targets in my script.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

------------------------------
J Willsea
------------------------------

Hi.
If you look under the collection "issues" (https://github.com/IBM/ansible-power-aix/issues) this was a problem in the module and has been addressed.

The fix was available in the latest files in the the repo (github) but had also now been released in v1.8 which came out this morning.

I am trying to use ansible to do our AIX patching.   In my playbook when it goes  to execute the following code:

  - name: Run AIX Update
    nim:
      action: update
      lpp_source: "{{ nim_lpp_source }}"
      targets: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
    delegate_to: "{{ nim_master }}"

I get the following error:  The error was: UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

I am using ibm.power_aix:1.7.2 which appears to be the latest and greatest.

Now I'm fairly new at Ansible so maybe I'm missing something .   I don't have have a variable unavail_targets in my script.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

------------------------------
J Willsea
------------------------------

Thank you.  I did the update and now I get the error: 

fatal: [aix-testvictim01 -> nim]: FAILED! => {"msg": "Unable to import nim due to invalid syntax"}

PLAYBOOK:

------------------------------
J Willsea

Original Message:
Sent: Fri January 12, 2024 05:02 AM
From: Rich Jefferies
Subject: nim: Action: Update UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

Hi.
If you look under the collection "issues" (https://github.com/IBM/ansible-power-aix/issues) this was a problem in the module and has been addressed.

The fix was available in the latest files in the the repo (github) but had also now been released in v1.8 which came out this morning.

------------------------------
Rich Jefferies

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 10, 2024 05:01 PM
From: J Willsea
Subject: nim: Action: Update UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

I am trying to use ansible to do our AIX patching.   In my playbook when it goes  to execute the following code:

  - name: Run AIX Update
    nim:
      action: update
      lpp_source: "{{ nim_lpp_source }}"
      targets: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
    delegate_to: "{{ nim_master }}"

I get the following error:  The error was: UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

I am using ibm.power_aix:1.7.2 which appears to be the latest and greatest.

Now I'm fairly new at Ansible so maybe I'm missing something .   I don't have have a variable unavail_targets in my script.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

------------------------------
J Willsea
------------------------------

Hi Jeff.

Not sure about this fixing the exact message you were getting, but I think this part of the playbook is wrong:

  vars:
    nim_lpp_source: lpp_source=aix_73_lpp
    nim_master: nim
    ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
 

I'd expect it to look like :
  vars:
  nim_lpp_source: aix_73_lpp
    nim_master: nim
    ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3

FYI - In case you have a module corruption, this is the filesize and checksum of the nim.py module:

$ ansible-doc ibm.power_aix.nim | head -1
> NIM    (/home/richj/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py)

$ sum /home/richj/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py
12933    72
$ ls -l  /home/richj/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 richj richj 72829 Jan 12 10:17 /home/richj/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py

You can also run the NIM update directly on to an alt_disk, by specifying alt_disk_update_name although that appears to currently be undocumented.

e.g. from one of my playbooks:

   - name: "Update AIX on NIM client"
     nim:
       action:         update
       targets:        "{{ NIM_targets }}"
       lpp_source:     "{{ NIM_lpp_source }}"
       alt_disk_update_name: "{{ Target_Disk | default(omit) }}"
       asynchronous:   "{{ Update_async }}"
       force:          "{{ Update_force }}"
     register:         nim_output
     ignore_errors:     true

   - name: "Display NIM command results"
     debug:
        msg: |
          NIM Command Result : {{ nim_output.msg }}
          NIM Command Status : {{ nim_output.status }}
          =====
          {{ nim_output.meta | to_nice_yaml }}
          =====

I've just updated my copy of the collection and I get the following when running against two targets with hdisk0 as a target disk (one was aready in "old_rootvg")

ansible-playbook ~ansible/playbooks/nim_node_update.yml -e "ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3 NIM_targets=rj-aix-ha-1,rj-aix-ha-2 NIM_lpp_source=7200-05-03-2136-lpp_source Target_Disk=hdisk0"

....

TASK [Display NIM command results] **************************************************************************************************************
ok: [demo-nim] =>
  msg: |-
    NIM Command Result : NIM update operation failed for ['rj-aix-ha-2']. See status and meta for details.
    NIM Command Status : {'rj-aix-ha-2': 'FAILURE', 'rj-aix-ha-1': 'SUCCESS'}
    =====
    messages:
    - 'Force automatic removal of installed fixes: best effort'
    - 'Will remove as many interim fixes we can: []'
    rj-aix-ha-1:
        cmd: nim -o alt_disk_install -a source=rootvg -a lpp_source=7200-05-03-2136-lpp_source
            -a fixes=update_all -a disk=hdisk0 -a installp_flags="-acNgXY" rj-aix-ha-1
        messages:
        - Synchronous software customization from 7200-05-01-2038 to 7200-05-03-2136.
        - Successfully updated installed software.
        rc: 0
        stderr: ''
        stdout: ''
    rj-aix-ha-2:
        messages:
        - alt_disk_update_name disk (hdisk0) not present or assigned to another VG.

    =====

------------------------------
Rich Jefferies

Original Message:
Sent: Fri January 12, 2024 09:28 AM
From: J Willsea
Subject: nim: Action: Update UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

Thank you.  I did the update and now I get the error: 

fatal: [aix-testvictim01 -> nim]: FAILED! => {"msg": "Unable to import nim due to invalid syntax"}

PLAYBOOK:

------------------------------
J Willsea

Original Message:
Sent: Fri January 12, 2024 05:02 AM
From: Rich Jefferies
Subject: nim: Action: Update UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

Hi.
If you look under the collection "issues" (https://github.com/IBM/ansible-power-aix/issues) this was a problem in the module and has been addressed.

The fix was available in the latest files in the the repo (github) but had also now been released in v1.8 which came out this morning.

------------------------------
Rich Jefferies

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 10, 2024 05:01 PM
From: J Willsea
Subject: nim: Action: Update UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

I am trying to use ansible to do our AIX patching.   In my playbook when it goes  to execute the following code:

  - name: Run AIX Update
    nim:
      action: update
      lpp_source: "{{ nim_lpp_source }}"
      targets: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
    delegate_to: "{{ nim_master }}"

I get the following error:  The error was: UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

I am using ibm.power_aix:1.7.2 which appears to be the latest and greatest.

Now I'm fairly new at Ansible so maybe I'm missing something .   I don't have have a variable unavail_targets in my script.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

------------------------------
J Willsea
------------------------------

Thanks Rich - I appreciate the help.  Sorry to be such a noob at this.

I updated the copy from Galaxy.:

<ansible:>wwd_ansible/JAW>ansible-doc ibm.power_aix.nim | head -1
> IBM.POWER_AIX.NIM    (/home/ansible/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py)
<ansible:>wwd_ansible/JAW>sum /home/ansible/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py
10070    71
<ansible:>wwd_ansible/JAW>ls -l /home/ansible/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 ansible ansible 72440 Jan 11 13:26 /home/ansible/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py

When I run the script I get the following error:

This is the current copy of my script (based upon your suggestions above):

When I run it with the -vvv option this is what I'm getting:

I'm kind of lost as to where to go from here.   Any advice would be appreciated VERY much.

Sincerely, 

Jeff Willsea

Hi Jeff.

Not sure about this fixing the exact message you were getting, but I think this part of the playbook is wrong:

  vars:
    nim_lpp_source: lpp_source=aix_73_lpp
    nim_master: nim
    ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
 

I'd expect it to look like :
  vars:
  nim_lpp_source: aix_73_lpp
    nim_master: nim
    ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3

FYI - In case you have a module corruption, this is the filesize and checksum of the nim.py module:

$ ansible-doc ibm.power_aix.nim | head -1
> NIM    (/home/richj/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py)

$ sum /home/richj/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py
12933    72
$ ls -l  /home/richj/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 richj richj 72829 Jan 12 10:17 /home/richj/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py

You can also run the NIM update directly on to an alt_disk, by specifying alt_disk_update_name although that appears to currently be undocumented.

e.g. from one of my playbooks:

   - name: "Update AIX on NIM client"
     nim:
       action:         update
       targets:        "{{ NIM_targets }}"
       lpp_source:     "{{ NIM_lpp_source }}"
       alt_disk_update_name: "{{ Target_Disk | default(omit) }}"
       asynchronous:   "{{ Update_async }}"
       force:          "{{ Update_force }}"
     register:         nim_output
     ignore_errors:     true

   - name: "Display NIM command results"
     debug:
        msg: |
          NIM Command Result : {{ nim_output.msg }}
          NIM Command Status : {{ nim_output.status }}
          =====
          {{ nim_output.meta | to_nice_yaml }}
          =====

I've just updated my copy of the collection and I get the following when running against two targets with hdisk0 as a target disk (one was aready in "old_rootvg")

ansible-playbook ~ansible/playbooks/nim_node_update.yml -e "ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3 NIM_targets=rj-aix-ha-1,rj-aix-ha-2 NIM_lpp_source=7200-05-03-2136-lpp_source Target_Disk=hdisk0"

....

TASK [Display NIM command results] **************************************************************************************************************
ok: [demo-nim] =>
  msg: |-
    NIM Command Result : NIM update operation failed for ['rj-aix-ha-2']. See status and meta for details.
    NIM Command Status : {'rj-aix-ha-2': 'FAILURE', 'rj-aix-ha-1': 'SUCCESS'}
    =====
    messages:
    - 'Force automatic removal of installed fixes: best effort'
    - 'Will remove as many interim fixes we can: []'
    rj-aix-ha-1:
        cmd: nim -o alt_disk_install -a source=rootvg -a lpp_source=7200-05-03-2136-lpp_source
            -a fixes=update_all -a disk=hdisk0 -a installp_flags="-acNgXY" rj-aix-ha-1
        messages:
        - Synchronous software customization from 7200-05-01-2038 to 7200-05-03-2136.
        - Successfully updated installed software.
        rc: 0
        stderr: ''
        stdout: ''
    rj-aix-ha-2:
        messages:
        - alt_disk_update_name disk (hdisk0) not present or assigned to another VG.

    =====

------------------------------
Rich Jefferies

Original Message:
Sent: Fri January 12, 2024 09:28 AM
From: J Willsea
Subject: nim: Action: Update UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

Thank you.  I did the update and now I get the error: 

fatal: [aix-testvictim01 -> nim]: FAILED! => {"msg": "Unable to import nim due to invalid syntax"}

PLAYBOOK:

------------------------------
J Willsea

Original Message:
Sent: Fri January 12, 2024 05:02 AM
From: Rich Jefferies
Subject: nim: Action: Update UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

Hi.
If you look under the collection "issues" (https://github.com/IBM/ansible-power-aix/issues) this was a problem in the module and has been addressed.

The fix was available in the latest files in the the repo (github) but had also now been released in v1.8 which came out this morning.

------------------------------
Rich Jefferies

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 10, 2024 05:01 PM
From: J Willsea
Subject: nim: Action: Update UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

I am trying to use ansible to do our AIX patching.   In my playbook when it goes  to execute the following code:

  - name: Run AIX Update
    nim:
      action: update
      lpp_source: "{{ nim_lpp_source }}"
      targets: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
    delegate_to: "{{ nim_master }}"

I get the following error:  The error was: UnboundLocalError: local variable 'unavail_targets' referenced before assignment

I am using ibm.power_aix:1.7.2 which appears to be the latest and greatest.

Now I'm fairly new at Ansible so maybe I'm missing something .   I don't have have a variable unavail_targets in my script.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

------------------------------
J Willsea
------------------------------

I think the issue is with the nim.py file.

Mine shows the following:

• Size : 72829
• Sum: 12933    72

Yours was:

• Size: 72440
• Sum: 10070    71

Not sure how you installed it but if you have direct internet access use:

• ansible-galaxy collection install ibm.power_aix --force

Otherwise download the zip file from the link on https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/ibm/power_aix/ copy it to your ansible server and install:

• ansible-galaxy collection install ibm.power_aix --force ibm-power_aix-1.8.1.tar.gz

FYI - v1.8.1 is now out, but the nim.py is unchanged from v1.8.0

Hope this helps

Thanks Rich - I appreciate the help.  Sorry to be such a noob at this.

I updated the copy from Galaxy.:

<ansible:>wwd_ansible/JAW>ansible-doc ibm.power_aix.nim | head -1
> IBM.POWER_AIX.NIM    (/home/ansible/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py)
<ansible:>wwd_ansible/JAW>sum /home/ansible/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py
10070    71
<ansible:>wwd_ansible/JAW>ls -l /home/ansible/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 ansible ansible 72440 Jan 11 13:26 /home/ansible/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix/plugins/modules/nim.py

When I run the script I get the following error:

This is the current copy of my script (based upon your suggestions above):

When I run it with the -vvv option this is what I'm getting: