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PowerVC 2.1 install failure fatal looks like python we are using 3.9.14 and RHEL 9.1

  • 1.  PowerVC 2.1 install failure fatal looks like python we are using 3.9.14 and RHEL 9.1

    Posted Tue March 28, 2023 01:19 PM

    unable to determine the cause of the fatals from the install. It looks like its trying to set python to 3.9 its referencing RHEL V8 we are on V9

    Looks like its trying to read an //var/lib/alternatives/python file. We are not using an alternative.

    TASK [pvc_utils : Install python39 packages] ***********************************
    ok: [servername]
    TASK [pvc_utils : Install python39 packages] ***********************************
    ok: [servername]
    Tuesday 28 March 2023  10:57:12 -0500 (0:00:01.997)       0:00:13.714 *********

    TASK [pvc_utils : Set python to python39 for RHEL8] ****************************
    fatal: [servername]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": "alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3.9", "delta": "0:00:00.006701", "end": "2023-03-28 10:57:12.746113", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 2, "start": "2023-03-28 10:57:12.739412", "stderr": "cannot access /var/lib/alternatives/python: No such file or directory", "stderr_lines": ["cannot access /var/lib/alternatives/python: No such file or directory"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

    TASK [pvc_utils : Set python to python39 for RHEL8] ****************************
    fatal: [servername]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": "alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3.9", "delta": "0:00:00.006701", "end": "2023-03-28 10:57:12.746113", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 2, "start": "2023-03-28 10:57:12.739412", "stderr": "cannot access /var/lib/alternatives/python: No such file or directory", "stderr_lines": ["cannot access /var/lib/alternatives/python: No such file or directory"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}
    Tuesday 28 March 2023  10:57:12 -0500 (0:00:00.402)       0:00:14.116 *********
    Tuesday 28 March 2023  10:57:12 -0500 (0:00:00.062)       0:00:14.179 *********
    changed: [servername]



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    Karen Van Gogh
    Jack Henry and Associates
    kvangogh@jackhenry.com
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  • 2.  RE: PowerVC 2.1 install failure fatal looks like python we are using 3.9.14 and RHEL 9.1

    Posted Tue March 28, 2023 01:50 PM

     yum repolist
    Updating Subscription Management repositories.
    repo id                                                            repo name
    Jack_Henry_Katello_Host_Tools_katello_client_el9_x86_64_3_4        katello_client_el9_x86_64 3.4
    rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms                                   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)
    rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms                                      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)

    ansible --version

    ansible 2.9.20
      config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
      configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
      ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
      executable location = /bin/ansible
      python version = 3.9.14 (main, Jan  9 2023, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.3.1 20220421 (Red Hat 11.3.1-2)]

    python --version

    Python 3.9.14

    # rpm -qa | grep ibm
    libmnl-1.0.4-15.el9.x86_64
    libmaxminddb-1.5.2-3.el9.x86_64
    libmspack-0.10.1-0.7.alpha.el9.x86_64
    libmount-2.37.4-9.el9.x86_64
    libmodulemd-2.13.0-2.el9.x86_64
    python39-setuptools-54.1.1-4.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-ply-3.11-20.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-six-1.16.0-1.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-pycparser-2.20-94.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-cffi-1.14.5-92.ibm.el9.x86_64
    python3-idna-2.10-92.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-PyYAML-6.0-2.ibm.el8.x86_64
    python3-cryptography-36.0.1-2.ibm.el9.x86_64
    python3-pyOpenSSL-22.0.0-1.ibm.el8.x86_64
    python3-jinja2-3.0.3-1.ibm.noarch
    python3-zipp-3.4.0-3.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-daemon-2.2.4-1.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-PyNaCl-1.4.0-3.ibm.el8.x86_64
    python3-iniparse-0.5-1.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-chardet-4.0.0-92.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-backports-ssl_match_hostname-3.7.0.1-3.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-json-logger-2.0.1-2.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-jmespath-0.10.0-2.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-ipaddress-1.0.23-2.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-urllib3-1.25.7-20.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-requests-2.25.1-20.ibm.el8.noarch
    ansible-collection-ansible-posix-1.4.0-1.ibm.el9.noarch
    ansible-collection-community-general-5.5.0-1.ibm.el9.noarch
    ansible-collection-community-mongodb-1.4.2-1.ibm.el9.noarch
    python3-ansible-runner-1.4.6-2.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-argparse-1.4.0-2.ibm.noarch
    powervc-opsmgr-2.1.0-1.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-powervc-opsmgr-2.1.0-1.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-crudini-0.9-4.ibm.el8.noarch
    python3-oslo-i18n-5.1.0-1.ibm.el8.noarch

    rpm -qa | grep ansible
    ansible-2.9.20-3.el8.noarch
    ansible-collection-ansible-posix-1.4.0-1.ibm.el9.noarch
    ansible-collection-community-general-5.5.0-1.ibm.el9.noarch
    ansible-collection-community-mongodb-1.4.2-1.ibm.el9.noarch
    python3-ansible-runner-1.4.6-2.ibm.el8.noarch


     



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    Karen Van Gogh
    Jack Henry and Associates
    kvangogh@jackhenry.com
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