Releases

Version 1.2.0

Notes

  • Refresh of patch management capability (Update recommended)

  • Fixes in nim_flrtvc and nim_backup modules for Python2 compatibility

  • Documenting RBAC authorizations per module

  • Quickstart documentation: user creation with RBAC authorization

  • use nim_exec() instead of calling c_rsh command directly in nim, nim_flrtvc, nim_suma

  • new playbook examples / improvements

  • aixpert: new module for AIXPert

  • alt_disk: new options for alt_disk_copy

  • backup: add restore and view operation for mksysb + playbook

  • bootlist: new module

  • inittab: new module

  • lpar_facts: new module

  • lvm_facts: new module

  • lvol: new module for logical volume management

  • mkfilt: new module

  • mktun: new module to manage IPsec manual tunnels

  • mpio: new module

  • nim: uniformize logging and message, add ‘meta’ and command returns

  • nim_backup: fix multithreading for simultaneous mksysb creation with NIM

  • nim_updateios: major fixes and improvements for cluster management

  • nim_updateios: fix cluster -list that returns 7 fields if not verbose not 21 fields

  • nim_vios_alt_disk: rework logging and result reporting

  • reboot: new module

  • suma: fix issue #40 (unpack return value calling suma_command())

  • user: improvement (issues #56 and #57 )

Availability

Version 1.1.2

Notes

  • Beta: preview of the lpar_facts module

  • Beta: preview of the lvm_facts module

  • Beta: preview of the bootlist module

  • mkfilt: use run_command with check_rc=True when appropriate

  • nim_upgradeios: module has been deprecated (use nim_viosupgrade)

  • nim_viosupgrade: fixes for altdisk and bosinst operations

  • new playbook to demo nim_viosupgrade

  • new roles for inetd and bootptab

  • documentation revisions for several modules

Availability

Version 1.1.1

Notes

  • Beta: preview of the lpp_facts module

  • nim_upgradeios: fixes

  • nim_viosupgrade: fixes/ cleanup

  • user: fix change_passwd_on_login

  • user: don’t log parameters related to passwords

  • filesystem and other modules: use FQDN in examples

Availability

Version 1.1.0

Notes

  • Refresh of patch management capability (Update recommended)

  • new modules: inittab, mkfilt

  • aixpert: new module for AIXPert

  • lvol: new module for logical volume management

  • alt_disk: new options for alt_disk_copy

  • backup: add restore and view operation for mksysb + playbook

  • nim_backup: fix multithreading for simultaneous mksysb creation with NIM

  • nim_updateios: major fixes and improvements for cluster management

  • nim_updateios: fix cluster -list that returns 7 fields if not verbose not 21 fields

  • suma: fix issue #40 (unpack return value calling suma_command())

Availability

Version 1.0.2

Notes

  • Includes Ansible Roles for bootstrap (yum/python) and VIOS health checker (early release)

  • NIM backup module (early release)

  • Filesystem module (early release)

  • Minor fixes for NIM updateios

  • Minor fixes for mount module

Availability

Version 1.0.1

Notes

  • Improvements to FLRTVC patch reporting

Availability

Version 1.0.0

Notes

  • Official release of patch management capability

  • Update recommended

Availability

Version 0.4.2

Notes

  • Minor bug fixes for flrtvc and nim modules

Availability

Version 0.4.1

Notes

  • Initial beta release of IBM Power Systems AIX collection, referred to as power_aix

Availability