This one works for me: http://www.aixtools.net/index.php/python Also, I wouldn't recommend porting modules (or writing new ones) in Perl for AIX. Python's where it's at; certainly for Ansible anyway.
On Monday, 6 June 2016 23:05:05 UTC+1, anthon...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thank you both. My requirement is not for AIX deployment. Thus using NIM > is not the right solution for my use case. Rather, my requirement is for DR > orchestration and automation across a mixture of IBM P series AIX 7.1 > servers and RHEL 6 IBM X series. For AIX I have now been looking, based on > advice, at > http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/linux/toolbox/date.html > and ActiveState. Unfortunatley for ActiveState there is no free version for > AIX evaluation. Don't know if either of them fit the bill. > > The requirement is to remotely failover over specialised apps including > ones running under PowerHA. Requirement also includes failover of WAS apps, > MQ, IBM Storage DS8800. There are cross component and cross site > dependencies. Expecting to create custom scripts per component and then > orchestrate/automate using Ansible/Tower across the whole solution. > > I am familiar with raw mode just using ssh which is discouraged. Is it > possible to remove the requirment for a remote Python and replace with Perl > through custom modules? > > > On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 7:09:23 AM UTC+10, Adam Morris wrote: >> >> The old Linux Toolbox version didn't work (it was too old) but the new >> version should work. >> >> I haven't tried it yet to be honest. Given that we are using NIM for AIX >> install we haven't spent too much time on it here. I need to get back to >> that, particularly once I have finished rebuilding out Linux builds again. >> >> The other issue that you will face is that fewer people use Ansible with >> AIX so some modules just don't work. Cron was one I came across (now >> fixed). I know that there is no pinstall package management. Be prepared >> to do some troubleshooting and patching. >> >> Having said that, I would like to see better AIX support and when (if) I >> get back to working on it I will be submitting more updates as I need them. >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1402848c-7a47-4694-955d-6c98835062ca%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
