nim_vios_hc – Check if a pair of VIOSes can be updated

Synopsis

Check if a pair of Virtual I/O Servers can be updated.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• AIX >= 7.1 TL3
• Python >= 2.7

Parameters

action (True, str, None)

Specifies the operation to perform.

health_check to perform a health check.

targets (True, list, None)

NIM target.

To perform a health check on dual VIOSes specify a tuple with the following format: “vios1,vios2”.

vars (optional, dict, None)

Specifies additional parameters.

Notes

Note

• Requires vioshc.py available at https://github.com/aixoss/vios-health-checker.

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.

status (always, dict, )

Status for each VIOS (dictionary key).

nim_node (always, dict, )

NIM node info.

targets (always, list, )

List of VIOS tuples.

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by community.

Authors

• AIX Development Team (@pbfinley1911)