Thank you for sharing this tips with me, I really appreciate.
This works perfectly.
Just getting into Ansible on POWER environment, if you have got anymore playbooks that i can use to automate things on AIX, I will appreciate if you could share the resources with me.
Original Message:
Sent: Wed May 29, 2024 08:21 PM
From: Chris Gibson
Subject: Creating lpp_source with ansible
Hi, I had the same problem, until I added packages: "all" to the playbook. Thanks to Rich Jefferies (IBM) for the tip.
---
- name: "NIM operations to create, delete or show NIM resource objects"
hosts: nim
gather_facts: true
vars:
lpp_name: myaixlpp
software_lpp_source: /export/lpp_source/AIX73TL1SP1
lpp_new_location: /cg/myaixlpp
collections:
- ibm.power_aix
tasks:
- name: Create/define an lpp_source NIM resource object from the
software in the system.
nim_resource:
action: create
name: "{{ lpp_name }}"
object_type: lpp_source
attributes:
source: "{{ software_lpp_source }}"
location: "{{ lpp_new_location }}"
packages: "all"
register: result
- name: Display result
debug: var=result
------------------------------
Chris Gibson
Original Message:
Sent: Thu May 23, 2024 07:44 AM
From: Rasaq Raji
Subject: Creating lpp_source with ansible
Thank you Andrey for your response. Below is the playbook i tried using but the problem is the lpp_source is not correctly created, comparing its size the ones i have created manually.
---- name: "NIM operations to create, delete or show NIM resource objects" hosts: nim_server gather_facts: true vars: lpp_source_v: aix7300_0201_test1 software_lpp_source: /nim/7.3_Base/AIX_v7300-02-01-2346_flash lpp_source_location: /nimdata/lpp_source/aix7300_0201_test1 collections: - ibm.power_aix tasks: - name: Create/define an lpp_source NIM resource object from the software in the system. nim_resource: action: create name: "{{ lpp_source_v }}" object_type: lpp_source attributes: source: "{{ software_lpp_source }}" location: "{{ lpp_source_location }}" register: result - name: Display result debug: var=result
Thanks
------------------------------
Rasaq Raji
Original Message:
Sent: Thu May 23, 2024 04:38 AM
From: Andrey Klyachkin
Subject: Creating lpp_source with ansible
This is an excerpt from my old playbook where I do the same:
- name: Set LPP source name ansible.builtin.set_fact: lppsource: "{{ oslevel }}-lpp_source" - name: Check if lpp_source {{ lppsource }} exists ansible.builtin.command: lsnim -l {{ lppsource }} register: lppsource_check failed_when: false - name: Exit playbook if lpp_source {{ lppsource }} exists ansible.builtin.meta: end_play when: lppsource_check.rc == 0 - name: Check if base AIX TL ISO image exists ansible.builtin.stat: path: "{{ isoimage }}" register: basetl_image - name: Fail if base AIX TL ISO image doesn't exist ansible.builtin.fail: msg: Could not find ISO image in {{ isoimage }} when: not basetl_image.stat.exists - name: Create a new lpp source {{ lppsource }} with base filesets ansible.builtin.command: nim -o define -t lpp_source -a server=master -a location=/export/lpp_source/{{ lppsource }} -a source={{ basetl_image.stat.path }} -a packages=all {{ lppsource }}
------------------------------
Andrey Klyachkin
https://www.power-devops.com
Original Message:
Sent: Wed May 22, 2024 10:56 AM
From: Rasaq Raji
Subject: Creating lpp_source with ansible
I want to create an lpp_source with ansible
Can anyone help with how they go about this please? I am trying to use the flash version of the ISO
------------------------------
Rasaq Raji
------------------------------