Ansible power_aix collection release-1.6.1 is now available with several new additions.
New additions are:
- New module: Bosboot.
- New Playbooks: mktun, mount,installp, user, mpio, mkfilt,
- New Playbooks: bosboot, group, tunables, filesystem, nim_suma, logical_volume
- New Playbooks: tunfile_mgmt, mktcpip, inittab
- Enhanced idempotency for devices module.
- Enhancement in nim_alt_disk_migration:
- Target disk without PVID accepted
- Divide Used PVs by number of PVs to overcome multiple PVs in rootvg
- Allow install of AIX level lower than NIM master AIX level
- Reduce debug info after checking client OS level
- Add cache VG and Bundle to nimadm options
- Re-order nimadm flags and "quote" disk variable to allow multiple PVs in rootvg
- Correct {{ nim_client_v }} to {{ nim_client }}
- Enhanced alt_disk module: allows to clean old_rootvg.
- Improved parsing for emgr module output for ifix lists and details.
- Fixed power_aix_bootstrap role dnf_installer.sh
- Fixed power_aix_bootstrap role to support DNF installation for AIX-7.1 and above.
- Yum is not supported anymore from ansible as a result of sunset of python 2.
- Fixed power_aix_bootstrap role to show failure in case it is unable to install DNF.
These additions were included after a survey with AIX clients. If you have any suggestions that you'd like us to go over, you can use our GitHub repo.
Till now, we have more than 180,000 downloads of the power_aix collection.
Use these newly added features/enhancements and make your work-life easier and more productive. Happy Automation!
The new collection can be found at the following locations:
Red Hat Automation Hub: https://console.redhat.com/ansible/automation-hub/repo/published/ibm/power_aix/
Ansible Galaxy: https://galaxy.ansible.com/ibm/power_aix
GitHub Repo: https://github.com/IBM/ansible-power-aix