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Ansible check_download_ptf_group #191

Closed JaKo8103 closed 7 months ago

JaKo8103 commented 8 months ago

Hello, I tried today to download the package SF99952 - 750 IBM HTTP Server for i level 14 however, ansible says that such a package already exists:

skipping: [10.XXX.XXX.XX]

TASK [ibm.power_ibmi.fix_repo_check_ptf_group : Set check_ptf_group_fail to True] *** skipping: [10.XXX.XXX.XX]

TASK [ibm.power_ibmi.fix_repo_check_ptf_group : Check if PTF group information is already in catalog's PTF group information table] *** skipping: [10.XXX.XXX.XX]

TASK [ibm.power_ibmi.fix_repo_check_ptf_group : Print find PTF group result] *** ok: [10.XXX.XXX.XX] => { "ptf_group_find_result": { "changed": false, "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False", "skipped": true } }

TASK [ibm.power_ibmi.fix_repo_check_ptf_group : Check if PTF group information is already in catalog's download_status table, which means PTF group is downloading.] *** skipping: [10.XXX.XXX.XX]]

TASK [ibm.power_ibmi.fix_repo_check_ptf_group : Print find download_status table result] *** skipping: [10.XXX.XXX.XX]]

TASK [End play when no ptf group need to be downloaded] **** ok: [10.XXX.XXX.XX]] => { "msg": "PTF group information is already in catalog or is already downloading, quit play" } My repo in ibmi i: 324 /QIBM/UserData/OS/Service/ECS/PTF/2403645242 SF99952 13 SF99952 750 IBM HTTP Se 2024-02-05 12:10:59

I noticed that on the PSP after entering the group the data is displayed differently: Asterisk indicates the Fix has special instructions. Fix Information Date Added Legacy Created Known issues Program Package FI0074207 26 mar 2024, 19:14 CET SI79421 14 mar 2024, 18:59 CET DT321570 5770DG1 2321 FI0074215 26 mar 2024, 19:14 CET SI78106 14 mar 2024, 18:59 CET DT321477 5770DG1 2104

robgjertsen1 commented 8 months ago

Yes, there are some changes with getting away from use of APAR and PTFs. Specifically, IBM i APARs/PTFs will migrate to Known Issues/Fix Information See https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7130405

I will look closer at the various impacts. I see there is a note in the IBM i community about this from yesterday.

robgjertsen1 commented 8 months ago

They have changed the main PSP web page for ptf groups at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-group-ptfs-level, so it broke the html file scrapping used in ibmi fix check modules, which then impacts other code like the role fix_repo_check_ptf_group and this specific playbook. I've just looked at ibmi_fix_group_check so far and can fix that with the main PSP page for ptf groups, which will hopefully be all that is needed to resolve this issue. The html scrapping from the fix check code has proven to be problematic, so something that we probably need to reexamine in the future.

There is a bigger problem with the detailed ptf group web page for getting all the ptfs in that specific group (e.g., https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/uid/nas4SF99952 for SF99952) and need to do something else for that in the future because looks like a group web page source is using javascript now to extract the information, so nothing useful is embedded in the html source itself like in the past. I expect some future turbulence with these changes from APARs/PTFs to Known Issues / Fix Information once they become present in the main ptf group page.

robgjertsen1 commented 8 months ago

For now I've added a source patch for the fix check modules at https://github.com/IBM/ansible-for-i/tree/gjertsen-patch-fix-check that should resolve the problem (commit https://github.com/IBM/ansible-for-i/commit/7c234bcf3f60da06e78049897405a1e2c1264221).

I expect that some folks will need a collection update in Galaxy.

JaKo8103 commented 8 months ago

Hello, I checked and works - https://github.com/IBM/ansible-for-i/tree/gjertsen-patch-fix-check

robgjertsen1 commented 7 months ago

This is fixed with 2.0.2 release. There are still some issues with the updated PSP web pages that will need to be addressed but this resolves the more urgent breakage. Things it doesn't resolve are providing all the individual ptfs that comprise a group ptf, along with providing all the dependencies for an individual ptf (pre-reqs, co-reqs, etc.), so seeing how we can get that information again with the fix check modules.