Releases

Version 1.0.0

Notes

  • HMC patch management module for update and upgrade of HMC recovery images, SPs and PTFs

  • Password policy module

Availability

Version 1.1.0

Notes

  • Module to create AIX/Linux or IBMi partition with dedicated processor and memory settings

  • Plugin for dynamic inventory of partitions based on HMC

Availability

Version 1.2.0

Notes

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Added support for storage configuration during partition create

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Added support for network configuration during partition create

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Added support to configure shared processor units during partition create

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Added support to shutdown and activate the partition

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Added support to delete partition with vconfig and vdisks

  • Fix for incorrectly assigns I/O slots during partition create

  • Enhanced dynamic inventory plugin to accept jinja template for hmc_hosts param

Availability

Version 1.3.0

Notes

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Support for storage configuration with NPIV (Virtual Fibre)

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Support for physical IO adapter configuration

  • powervm_lpar_instance: All(full) resource partition create support

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Reboot of partition

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Fetch partition info using ‘fact’ state

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Added virtual slot param option during network configuration

  • power_system: Power cycle of power servers

  • power_system: System level config support for power servers

  • hmc_update_upgrade: disk option to support update/upgrade from hmc local disk

  • Enhanced dynamic inventory plugin to collect IBMi partition details

Availability

Version 1.4.0

Notes

  • powervm_lpar_migration: Live Partition Mobility (partition migration) support

  • vios: Creation and Installation of VIOS partition

  • hmc_command: HMC CLI Generic command module

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Multiple volume and network support during partition create

  • powervm_lpar_instance: NPIV WWPN info on facts state

  • Fixes for #46 and #47

Availability

Version 1.5.0

Notes

  • powervm_lpar_migration: Cross HMC (partition migration) support

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Virtual Slot settings support for NPIV config

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Storage details on facts state

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Support for more proc and mem settings including shared processor pool

  • Support to ignore SSH host key using env

Availability

Version 1.6.0

Notes

  • powervm_lpar_instance: VNIC configuration support

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Add VNIC info into facts

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Supports install of AIX and Linux partition using netboot

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Partition ID configuration support

  • hmc_user: User management of HMC

Availability

Version 1.7.0

Notes

  • firmware_update: Update/Upgrade firmware level on Managed System

  • powervm_dlpar: Dynamically managing proc/mem resources of partition

  • hmc_user: LDAP configuration support

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Managed Sytem made optional for removal of partition

  • powervm_inventory: Support for managed system group

  • powervm_inventory: Introduced new properties like AssociatedGroups (Tagged group name), AssociatedHMC (HMC IP/Hostname), AssociatedHMCUserName (HMC username), SystemName

  • powervm_inventory: Renamed parameter value from lpar_name to name for paramters like ansible_host_type and ansible_display_name

  • powervm_inventory: Added more flexible yaml friendly format for configuration input (hmc_hosts as list)

Availability

Version 1.8.0

Notes

  • powervm_dlpar: Dlpar support for VSCSI based physical volume

  • powervm_dlpar: Dlpar support for NPIV based physical volume

  • powervm_dlpar: Dlpar support for virtual optical drive

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Fix for issue #91

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Enhanced with system_name made optional for states like facts, absentand actions like shutdown, poweron and restart

  • vios: Enhancement associated with issue #93

  • vios: Enhanced vios module with facts of free physical volumes and virtual media details

Availability

Version 1.8.1

Notes

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Proc validation issue fix and Error message correction.

  • power_system: Document correction.

Availability

Version 1.8.2

Notes

  • powervm_dlpar: Fix for Issue #108

  • vios: Fix for issue #101

  • hmc_update_upgrade: Fix for issue #113

  • Document Corrections

Availability

Version 1.9.0

Notes

  • power_system: Support for PCM metrics enable and disable

  • hmc_update_upgrade: Support for HMC update through ibmwebsite(IBM Fixcentral website) and listing available PTFs

  • Document Corrections

Availability

Version 1.10.0

Notes

  • vios_maintenance: Support for VIOS backup and restore

  • powervm_lpar_migration: Support for shared proc pool ID (Issue: #115 )

  • hmc_update_upgrade: Support for hmc update from disk with filename (Issue: #124)

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Fix for get managed system name by lpar when there are powered off systems (Issue: #125)

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Improve idempotency (Issue: #128)

  • hmc_pwdpolicy: Fix for password policy config not working for hscroot user

  • hmc_user: Fix for list user is not showing the details of logged in user

  • powervm_lpar_instance: Support for VMMac parameter in Linux OS installation

Availability

Version 1.11.0

Notes

  • vios: Support for VIOS install through HMC local disk

  • vios: Support for VIOS image copy, delete and list from HMC

  • vios_update_upgrade: Support for VIOS update and upgrade (Issue: #104)

  • power_system: Support for PCM status listing (Issue: #136)

  • hmc_update_upgrade: Fix for list ptf failing for fully patched HMC (Issue: #130)

  • Introduced a role for password policy management

  • MTMS Support for all the modules

Availability