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  • 1.  Not able to download service pack through ansible automation platform

    Posted 5 days ago

    Hi Team,

    We are facing issue with ansible automation platform to download the service pack through NIM server. We are getting following error. Do we have any idea on this error? Earlier we were using the same playbook to download the service pack successfully. Only one change was done that NIM server was upgraded to 7.3.

    fatal: [nim01]: FAILED! => {
        "changed": false,
        "cmd": "/usr/sbin/suma -x -a Action=Metadata -a RqType=Latest -a DLTarget=/var/adm/ansible/metadata -a FilterML=7200-05 -a DisplayName=\\"download request for oslevel Latest\\" -a FilterDir=/var/adm/ansible/metadata",
        "invocation": {
            "module_args": {
                "action": "download",
                "description": null,
                "download_dir": "/export/nim/hbcbs_sw/AIX_UPDATES",
                "download_only": false,
                "extend_fs": true,
                "lpp_source_name": null,
                "metadata_dir": "/var/adm/ansible/metadata",
                "oslevel": "Latest",
                "targets": [
                    "tg_name"
                ]
            }
        },
        "meta": {
            "messages": []
        },
        "msg": "Suma metadata command '/usr/sbin/suma -x -a Action=Metadata -a RqType=Latest -a DLTarget=/var/adm/ansible/metadata -a FilterML=7200-05 -a DisplayName=\\"download request for oslevel Latest\\" -a FilterDir=/var/adm/ansible/metadata' failed with return code 1",
        "stderr": "0500-013 Failed to retrieve list from fix server.\\n",
        "stderr_lines": [
            "0500-013 Failed to retrieve list from fix server."
        ],
        "stdout": "",
        "stdout_lines": [],
        "targets": [
            "tg_name"
        ]
    }



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    Manoj Kumar
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  • 2.  RE: Not able to download service pack through ansible automation platform

    Posted 2 days ago

    Hi Manoj,
    From the information provided, it seems to be occurring because your LPAR is not authenticated to access the internet (perhaps after the recent upgradation, the outbound access is not there anymore)
    Can you please confirm by running the following command:

    suma -x -a Action=Preview -a RqType=Latest

    You can get more information about it from suma's official documentation

    Please provide additional details, in case this does not seem to be the issue.



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    Shreyansh Chamola
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  • 3.  RE: Not able to download service pack through ansible automation platform

    Posted yesterday

    Hi Shreyansh,

    Please find the output from the command. This is our NIM server where I have run this command.

    :/# suma -x -a Action=Preview -a RqType=Latest
    ****************************************
    Performing preview download.
    ****************************************
    0500-035 No fixes match your query.
    0500-013 Failed to retrieve list from fix server.



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    Manoj Kumar
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    Original Message


  • 4.  RE: Not able to download service pack through ansible automation platform

    Posted yesterday

    Hi,
    From the provided output it's clear now that your LPAR is not authenticated to access the internet. For downloading the fixes using Suma, the LPAR needs to be connected to the internet in some way.
    You can get more information from the official documentation of SUMA -  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2?topic=suma-service-update-management-assistant



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    Shreyansh Chamola
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    Original Message