Veritas InfoScale™ Installation, Upgrade, and Configuration Using Ansible - Linux

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0.2, 8.0, 7.4.3, 7.4.2, 7.4.1)
Platform: Linux

Ansible modules for installing InfoScale

Use the following Ansible modules in your playbooks to perform installation-related operations in the InfoScale environment. Refer to the following table for a list of modules, along with a sample playbook, used for each of the operations:

Table: Installation-related operations

Operation

Required modules

Sample playbook

Installation

  • site_facters

  • yum

    (RHEL)

Sample playbook - YAML

---
- hosts: cpicluster11
  gather_facts: false
  any_errors_fatal: true
  tasks:
  - name: Facters
    veritas_infoscale:
     module: site_facters
     release_matrix_path: <URL>
    register: facts
  - name: Install InfoScale
    veritas_infoscale:
     module: yum
     repository_name: repo_infoScale742
     repository_baseurl: "http://xx.xxx.xx.xx/\
     Infoscale/7.4.2/rhel7_x86_64/rpms/"
     gpgcheck: 1
     gpgkey: "http://xx.xxx.xx.xx/\
     Infoscale/7.4.2/rhel7_x86_64/rpms/\
     RPM-GPG-KEY-veritas-infoscale7"
     product: ENTERPRISE
     product_version: '7.4.2'
     facters: "{{ ansible_play_hosts_all |
map('extract', hostvars, ['facts','infoscale_facts'])
| select()|list }}"
     state: present

Sample playbook - JSON

[
   {
      "hosts": "cpicluster11",
      "gather_facts": false,
      "any_errors_fatal": true,
      "tasks": [
         {
            "name": "Facters",
            "veritas_infoscale": {
               "module": "site_facters",
               "release_matrix_path": "<URL>"
            },
            "register": "facts"
         },
         {
            "name": "Install InfoScale",
            "veritas_infoscale": {
               "module": "yum",
               "repository_name": "repo_infoScale742",
               "repository_baseurl": "http://xx.xxx.xx.xx/\
                Infoscale/7.4.2/rhel7_x86_64/rpms/",
               "gpgcheck": 1,
               "gpgkey": "http://xx.xxx.xx.xx/\
                Infoscale/7.4.2/rhel7_x86_64/rpms/\
                RPM-GPG-KEY-veritas-infoscale7",
               "product": "ENTERPRISE",
               "product_version": "7.4.2",
               "facters": "{{ ansible_play_hosts_all |
map('extract', hostvars, ['facts','infoscale_facts'])
| select()|list }}",
               "state": "present"
            }
         }
      ]
   }
]

Installation

site_facters

InstallPackages (SLES 15 SP3 / SP4)

Sample playbook - YAML

- hosts: cluster
  gather_facts: false
  any_errors_fatal: true
  tasks:
  - name: Facters
    veritas_infoscale:
     module: site_facters
    register: facts
  - name: Install InfoScale
    veritas_infoscale:
     module: InstallPackages
     repository_name: repo_infoScale742
     repository_baseurl: http://xx.xxx.xx.xx/\
     Infoscale/7.4.2/rhel7_x86_64/rpms/
     gpgcheck: 0
     gpgkey:
     product: ENTERPRISE
     product_version: 7.4.2
     facters: "{{ ansible_play_hosts_all 
|map('extract', hostvars, ['facts','infoscale_facts'])
| select()|list }}"
     state: present
     ignore_required_patch: 0
     ignore_patchid_check: 0
     patch_repo_list:
  

Sample playbook - JSON

[
  {
    "hosts": "cluster",
    "gather_facts": false,
    "any_errors_fatal": true,
    "tasks": [
      {
        "name": "Facters",
        "veritas_infoscale": {
          "module": "site_facters"
        },
        "register": "facts"
      },
      {
        "name": "Install InfoScale",
        "veritas_infoscale": {
          "module": "InstallPackages",
          "repository_name": "repo_infoScale742",
          "repository_baseurl": "http://xx.xxx.xx.xx/\
                Infoscale/7.4.2/rhel7_x86_64/rpms/",
          "gpgcheck": 0,
          "gpgkey": null,
          "product": "ENTERPRISE",
          "product_version": "7.4.2",
          "facters": "{{ ansible_play_hosts_all |
map('extract', hostvars, ['facts','infoscale_facts'])|
select()|list }}",
          "state": "present",
          "ignore_required_patch": 0,
          "ignore_patchid_check": 0,
          "patch_repo_list": 
          }
      }
    ]
  }
]

Licensing

  • site_facters

  • licensing

Sample playbook - YAML

---
- hosts: cpicluster11  
  gather_facts: false  
  any_errors_fatal: true 
  tasks:  
  - name: Facters    
    veritas_infoscale:     
     module: site_facters
     release_matrix_path: <URL>    
    register: facts  
  - name: License    
    veritas_infoscale:      
     module: licensing      
     state: present      
     product_version: 7.4.2      
     license: 'ENTERPRISE'      
     facters: "{{ ansible_play_hosts_all 
|map('extract', hostvars, ['facts','infoscale_facts'])
| select()|list }}"

Sample playbook - JSON

[ 
   {
      "hosts": "cpicluster11",
      "gather_facts": false,
      "any_errors_fatal": true,
      "tasks": [ 
         { 
            "name": "Facters",
            "veritas_infoscale": { 
               "module": "site_facters",
               "release_matrix_path": "<URL>", 
              },
               "register": "facts"           
         }, 
         { 
            "name": "License",
            "veritas_infoscale": {
               "module": "licensing",
               "state": "present",
               "product_version": "7.4.2",
               "license": "ENTERPRISE",
               "facters": "{{ ansible_play_hosts_all 
|map('extract', hostvars, ['facts','infoscale_facts'])
| select()|list }}" 
            } 
         } 
      ] 
   } 
]

Uninstall

  • site_facters

  • yum

Sample playbook - YAML

---
- hosts: cpicluster11  
  gather_facts: False  
  any_errors_fatal: true  
  tasks:  
  - name: Facters    
    veritas_infoscale:     
     module: site_facters 
     release_matrix_path: <URL>   
    register: facts  
  - name: Uninstall InfoScale Enterprise    
    veritas_infoscale:     
     module: yum     
     product: 'ENTERPRISE'     
     product_version: 7.4.2
     state: absent         
     facters: "{{ ansible_play_hosts_all 
|map('extract', hostvars, ['facts','infoscale_facts'])
| select()|list }}"

Sample playbook - JSON

[ 
   { 
      "hosts": "cpicluster11", 
      "gather_facts": false, 
      "any_errors_fatal": true,
      "tasks": [ 
         { 
            "name": "Facters",
            "veritas_infoscale": { 
               "module": "site_facters",
               "release_matrix_path": "<URL>", 
               },
               "register": "facts"
         },
         { 
            "name": "Uninstall InfoScale Enterprise",
            "veritas_infoscale": {
               "module": "yum",
               "product": "ENTERPRISE", 
               "product_version": "7.4.2",
               "state": "absent", 
               "facters": "{{ ansible_play_hosts_all 
|map('extract', hostvars,['facts','infoscale_facts'])
| select()|list }}" 
            } 
         } 
      ] 
   } 
]