nim_vios_hc – Check if a pair of VIOSes can be updated.
Synopsis
Uses the Network Installation Management (NIM) and the VIOS health check tool to check several settings required to update a pair of Virtual I/O Servers (VIOS).
In the current version, it validates the vSCSI, NPIv, SEA mappings configurations and vNIC configurations (when set) so the update of the VIOS pair can be attempted. The SSP configuration is not checked yet, that is not required so far.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
AIX >= 7.1 TL3
Python >= 2.7
The vioshc.py script must be installed on the NIM master.
Privileged user with authorizations: aix.system.install,aix.system.nim.config.server
Parameters
- action (True, str, None)
Specifies the operation to perform.
health_checkto perform a health check.- targets (True, list, None)
Specifies the NIM clients to perform the action on.
To perform a health check on dual VIOSes specify a tuple with the following format “vios1,vios2”.
Notes
Note
Use the power_aix_vioshc role to install the required vioshc.py script on the NIM master.
The default log directory for the vioshc.py script is /tmp/vios_maint.
The vioshc.py script uses Curl to get information through the REST API of the VIOSes’ HMC.
Examples
- name: Perform a health check on dual VIOSes vios1,vios2 and on VIOS vios3
nim_vios_hc:
targets:
- vios1,vios2
- vios3
action: health_check
Return Values
- msg (always, str, )
Status information.
- targets (always, list, )
List of VIOS tuples.
- nim_node (always, dict, )
NIM node info.
- status (always, dict, )
Status for each VIOS (dictionary key).
Status
This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by community.