zhmc_partition – Create partitions

Synopsis

  • Gather facts about a partition of a CPC (Z system), including its HBAs, NICs, virtual functions, and crypto configuration including crypto adapters.

  • Create, update, or delete a partition. The HBAs, NICs, and virtual functions of the partition are managed by separate Ansible modules.

  • Start or stop a partition.

Requirements

  • The targeted Z system must be in the Dynamic Partition Manager (DPM) operational mode.

  • The HMC userid must have these task permissions: ‘New Partition’, ‘Delete Partition’, ‘Partition Details’, ‘Start Partition’, ‘Stop Partition’, ‘Dump Partition’, ‘PSW Restart’.

  • The HMC userid must have object-access permissions to these objects: Target partitions, CPCs of target partitions, Crypto adapters of target partitions.

Parameters

hmc_host

The hostnames or IP addresses of a single HMC or of a list of redundant HMCs. A single HMC can be specified as a string type or as an HMC list with one item. An HMC list can be specified as a list type or as a string type containing a Python list representation.

The first available HMC of a list of redundant HMCs is used for the entire execution of the module.

required: True
type: raw
hmc_auth

The authentication credentials for the HMC.

required: True
type: dict
userid

The userid (username) for authenticating with the HMC. This is mutually exclusive with providing session_id.

required: False
type: str
password

The password for authenticating with the HMC. This is mutually exclusive with providing session_id.

required: False
type: str
session_id

HMC session ID to be used. This is mutually exclusive with providing userid and password and can be created as described in :ref:`zhmc_session_module`.

required: False
type: str
ca_certs

Path name of certificate file or certificate directory to be used for verifying the HMC certificate. If null (default), the path name in the ‘REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE’ environment variable or the path name in the ‘CURL_CA_BUNDLE’ environment variable is used, or if neither of these variables is set, the certificates in the Mozilla CA Certificate List provided by the ‘certifi’ Python package are used for verifying the HMC certificate.

required: False
type: str
verify

If True (default), verify the HMC certificate as specified in the ca_certs parameter. If False, ignore what is specified in the ca_certs parameter and do not verify the HMC certificate.

required: False
type: bool
default: True
cpc_name

The name of the CPC with the target partition.

required: True
type: str
name

The name of the target partition.

required: True
type: str
state

The desired state for the partition. All states are fully idempotent within the limits of the properties that can be changed:

* absent: Ensures that the partition does not exist in the specified CPC.

* stopped: Ensures that the partition exists in the specified CPC, has the specified properties, and is in one of the inactive statuses (‘stopped’, ‘terminated’, ‘paused’, ‘reservation-error’).

* active: Ensures that the partition exists in the specified CPC, has the specified properties, and is in one of the active statuses (‘active’, ‘degraded’).

* mount_iso: Ensures that an ISO image with the specified name is mounted to the partition, and that the specified INS file is set. The content of a currnetly mounted ISO image is not verified.

* unmount_iso: Ensures that no ISO image is mounted to the partition.

* facts: Returns the partition properties and the properties of its child resources (HBAs, NICs, and virtual functions).

required: True
type: str
choices: absent, stopped, active, iso_mount, iso_unmount, facts
select_properties

Limits the returned properties of the partition to those specified in this parameter plus those specified in the properties parameter.

The properties can be specified with underscores or hyphens in their names.

Null indicates not to limit the returned properties in this way.

This parameter is ignored for state values that cause no properties to be returned.

The specified properties are passed to the ‘Get Partition Properties’ HMC operation using the ‘properties’ query parameter and save time for the HMC to pull together all properties.

required: False
type: list
elements: str
properties

Dictionary with input properties for the partition, for state=stopped and state=active. Key is the property name with underscores instead of hyphens, and value is the property value in YAML syntax. Integer properties may also be provided as decimal strings. Will be ignored for state=absent.

The possible input properties in this dictionary are the properties defined as writeable in the data model for Partition resources (where the property names contain underscores instead of hyphens), with the following exceptions:

* name: Cannot be specified because the name has already been specified in the name module parameter.

* type: Cannot be changed once the partition exists, because updating it is not supported.

* boot_storage_device: Cannot be specified because this information is specified using the artificial property boot_storage_hba_name.

* boot_network_device: Cannot be specified because this information is specified using the artificial property boot_network_nic_name.

* boot_storage_hba_name: The name of the HBA whose URI is used to construct boot_storage_device. Specifying it requires that the partition exists. Only valid when the partition is on a z13.

* boot_storage_group_name: The name of the storage group that contains the boot volume specified with boot_storage_volume_name.

* boot_storage_volume_name: The name of the storage volume in storage group boot_storage_group_name whose URI is used to construct boot_storage_volume. This property is mutually exclusive with boot_storage_volume. Specifying it requires that the partition and storage group exist. Only valid when the partition is on a z14 or later.

* boot_network_nic_name: The name of the NIC whose URI is used to construct boot_network_device. Specifying it requires that the partition exists.

* crypto_configuration: The crypto configuration for the partition, in the format of the crypto-configuration property of the partition (see :term:`HMC API` for details), with the exception that adapters are specified with their names in field crypto_adapter_names instead of their URIs in field crypto_adapter_uris. If the crypto_adapter_names field is null, all crypto adapters of the CPC will be used.

Properties omitted in this dictionary will remain unchanged when the partition already exists, and will get the default value defined in the data model for partitions in the :term:`HMC API` when the partition is being created.

required: False
type: dict
image_name

Name of the ISO image for state=iso_mount (required). Not permitted for any other state values.

This value is shown in the ‘boot-iso-image-name’ property of the partition.

If an ISO image with this name is already mounted to the partition, the new image will not be mounted. The image conntent is not verified.

required: False
type: str
image_file

Path name of the local ISO image file for state=iso_mount (required). Not permitted for any other state values.

When mounting an ISO image, this file is opened for reading and its content is sent to the HMC using the ‘Mount ISO Image’ operation. This file is not used when an image with the name specified in image_name was already mounted.

required: False
type: str
ins_file

Path name of the INS file within the ISO image that will be used when booting from the ISO image for state=iso_mount (required). Not permitted for any other state values.

This value is shown in the ‘boot-iso-ins-file’ property of the partition.

The ‘boot-iso-ins-file’ property of the partition is always updated, even when the ISO image was already mounted and thus is not re-mounted.

required: False
type: str
expand_storage_groups

Boolean that controls whether the returned partition contains an additional artificial property ‘storage-groups’ that is the list of storage groups attached to the partition, with properties as described for the zhmc_storage_group module with expand=true.

required: False
type: bool
expand_crypto_adapters

Boolean that controls whether the returned partition contains an additional artificial property ‘crypto-adapters’ in its ‘crypto-configuration’ property that is the list of crypto adapters attached to the partition, with properties as described for the zhmc_adapter module.

required: False
type: bool
log_file

File path of a log file to which the logic flow of this module as well as interactions with the HMC are logged. If null, logging will be propagated to the Python root logger.

required: False
type: str

Examples

---
# Note: The following examples assume that some variables named 'my_*' are set.

- name: Ensure the partition exists and is stopped
  zhmc_partition:
    hmc_host: "{{ my_hmc_host }}"
    hmc_auth: "{{ my_hmc_auth }}"
    cpc_name: "{{ my_cpc_name }}"
    name: "{{ my_partition_name }}"
    state: stopped
    properties:
      description: "zhmc Ansible modules: Example partition 1"
      ifl_processors: 2
      initial_memory: 1024
      maximum_memory: 1024
  register: part1

- name: Configure an FCP boot volume and start the partition (z14 or later)
  zhmc_partition:
    hmc_host: "{{ my_hmc_host }}"
    hmc_auth: "{{ my_hmc_auth }}"
    cpc_name: "{{ my_cpc_name }}"
    name: "{{ my_partition_name }}"
    state: active
    properties:
      boot_device: storage-volume
      boot_storage_group_name: sg1
      boot_storage_volume_name: boot1
  register: part1

- name: Configure an FTP boot server and start the partition
  zhmc_partition:
    hmc_host: "{{ my_hmc_host }}"
    hmc_auth: "{{ my_hmc_auth }}"
    cpc_name: "{{ my_cpc_name }}"
    name: "{{ my_partition_name }}"
    state: active
    properties:
      boot_device: ftp
      boot_ftp_host: 10.11.12.13
      boot_ftp_username: ftpuser
      boot_ftp_password: ftppass
      boot_ftp_insfile: /insfile
  register: part1

- name: Ensure the partition does not exist
  zhmc_partition:
    hmc_host: "{{ my_hmc_host }}"
    hmc_auth: "{{ my_hmc_auth }}"
    cpc_name: "{{ my_cpc_name }}"
    name: "{{ my_partition_name }}"
    state: absent

- name: Define crypto configuration
  zhmc_partition:
    hmc_host: "{{ my_hmc_host }}"
    hmc_auth: "{{ my_hmc_auth }}"
    cpc_name: "{{ my_cpc_name }}"
    name: "{{ my_partition_name }}"
    state: active
    properties:
      crypto_configuration:
        crypto_adapter_names:
          - adapter1
          - adapter2
        crypto_domain_configurations:
          - domain_index: 0
            access_mode: control-usage
          - domain_index: 1
            access_mode: control
  register: part1

- name: Ensure that an ISO image is mounted to the partition
  zhmc_partition:
    hmc_host: "{{ my_hmc_host }}"
    hmc_auth: "{{ my_hmc_auth }}"
    cpc_name: "{{ my_cpc_name }}"
    name: "{{ my_partition_name }}"
    image_name: "{{ my_image_name }}"
    image_file: "{{ my_image_file }}"
    ins_file: "{{ my_ins_file }}"
    state: iso_mount

- name: Ensure that no ISO image is mounted to the partition
  zhmc_partition:
    hmc_host: "{{ my_hmc_host }}"
    hmc_auth: "{{ my_hmc_auth }}"
    cpc_name: "{{ my_cpc_name }}"
    name: "{{ my_partition_name }}"
    state: iso_unmount

- name: Gather facts about a partition
  zhmc_partition:
    hmc_host: "{{ my_hmc_host }}"
    hmc_auth: "{{ my_hmc_auth }}"
    cpc_name: "{{ my_cpc_name }}"
    name: "{{ my_partition_name }}"
    state: facts
    expand_storage_groups: true
    expand_crypto_adapters: true
  register: part1

See Also

See also

Return Values

changed

Indicates if any change has been made by the module. For state=facts, always will be false.

returned: always
type: bool
msg

An error message that describes the failure.

returned: failure
type: str
partition

For state=absent|iso_mount|iso_unmount, an empty dictionary.

For state=stopped|active|facts, the resource properties of the partition after any changes, including its child resources as described below.

returned: success
type: dict
sample:
{
    "acceptable-status": [
        "active"
    ],
    "access-basic-counter-set": true,
    "access-basic-sampling": false,
    "access-coprocessor-group-set": false,
    "access-crypto-activity-counter-set": true,
    "access-diagnostic-sampling": false,
    "access-extended-counter-set": true,
    "access-global-performance-data": true,
    "access-problem-state-counter-set": true,
    "auto-start": false,
    "autogenerate-partition-id": true,
    "available-features-list": [
        {
            "description": "The DPM storage management approach in which FCP and FICON storage resources are defined in Storage Groups, which are attached to Partitions.",
            "name": "dpm-storage-management",
            "state": true
        }
    ],
    "boot-configuration-selector": 0,
    "boot-device": "none",
    "boot-ftp-host": null,
    "boot-ftp-insfile": null,
    "boot-ftp-username": null,
    "boot-iso-image-name": null,
    "boot-iso-ins-file": null,
    "boot-logical-unit-number": "",
    "boot-network-device": null,
    "boot-os-specific-parameters": "",
    "boot-record-lba": "0",
    "boot-removable-media": null,
    "boot-removable-media-type": null,
    "boot-storage-device": null,
    "boot-storage-volume": null,
    "boot-timeout": 60,
    "boot-world-wide-port-name": "",
    "class": "partition",
    "cp-absolute-processor-capping": false,
    "cp-absolute-processor-capping-value": 1.0,
    "cp-processing-weight-capped": false,
    "cp-processors": 0,
    "crypto-configuration": {
        "crypto-adapter-uris": [
            "/api/adapters/f1b97ed8-e578-11e8-a87c-00106f239c31"
        ],
        "crypto-domain-configurations": [
            {
                "access-mode": "control-usage",
                "domain-index": 2
            }
        ]
    },
    "current-cp-processing-weight": 1,
    "current-ifl-processing-weight": 1,
    "degraded-adapters": [],
    "description": "Colo dev partition",
    "has-unacceptable-status": false,
    "hba-uris": [],
    "hbas": [],
    "ifl-absolute-processor-capping": false,
    "ifl-absolute-processor-capping-value": 1.0,
    "ifl-processing-weight-capped": false,
    "ifl-processors": 12,
    "initial-cp-processing-weight": 100,
    "initial-ifl-processing-weight": 120,
    "initial-memory": 102400,
    "ipl-load-parameter": "",
    "is-locked": false,
    "maximum-cp-processing-weight": 999,
    "maximum-ifl-processing-weight": 999,
    "maximum-memory": 102400,
    "minimum-cp-processing-weight": 1,
    "minimum-ifl-processing-weight": 1,
    "name": "CSPF1",
    "nic-uris": [
        "/api/partitions/32323df4-f433-11ea-b67c-00106f239d19/nics/5956e97a-f433-11ea-b67c-00106f239d19"
    ],
    "nics": [
        {
            "adapter-id": "128",
            "adapter-name": "OSD_128_MGMT_NET2_30",
            "adapter-port": 0,
            "class": "nic",
            "description": "HAMGMT",
            "device-number": "0004",
            "element-id": "5956e97a-f433-11ea-b67c-00106f239d19",
            "element-uri": "/api/partitions/32323df4-f433-11ea-b67c-00106f239d19/nics/5956e97a-f433-11ea-b67c-00106f239d19",
            "mac-address": "02:d2:4d:80:b9:88",
            "name": "HAMGMT0",
            "parent": "/api/partitions/32323df4-f433-11ea-b67c-00106f239d19",
            "ssc-ip-address": null,
            "ssc-ip-address-type": null,
            "ssc-management-nic": false,
            "ssc-mask-prefix": null,
            "type": "osd",
            "virtual-switch-uri": "/api/virtual-switches/db2f0bec-e578-11e8-bd0a-00106f239c31",
            "vlan-id": null,
            "vlan-type": null
        }
    ],
    "object-id": "32323df4-f433-11ea-b67c-00106f239d19",
    "object-uri": "/api/partitions/32323df4-f433-11ea-b67c-00106f239d19",
    "os-name": "SSC",
    "os-type": "SSC",
    "os-version": "3.13.0",
    "parent": "/api/cpcs/66942455-4a14-3f99-8904-3e7ed5ca28d7",
    "partition-id": "08",
    "permit-aes-key-import-functions": true,
    "permit-cross-partition-commands": false,
    "permit-des-key-import-functions": true,
    "processor-management-enabled": false,
    "processor-mode": "shared",
    "reserve-resources": false,
    "reserved-memory": 0,
    "short-name": "CSPF1",
    "ssc-boot-selection": "appliance",
    "ssc-dns-servers": [
        "8.8.8.8"
    ],
    "ssc-host-name": "cpca-cspf1",
    "ssc-ipv4-gateway": null,
    "ssc-ipv6-gateway": null,
    "ssc-master-userid": "hmREST",
    "status": "active",
    "storage-group-uris": [
        "/api/storage-groups/4947c6d0-f433-11ea-8f73-00106f239d19"
    ],
    "threads-per-processor": 2,
    "type": "ssc",
    "virtual-function-uris": [],
    "virtual-functions": []
}
name

Partition name

type: str
{property}

Additional properties of the partition, as described in the data model of the ‘Partition’ object in the :term:`HMC API` book. The property names have hyphens (-) as described in that book.

type: raw
hbas

HBAs of the partition. If the CPC does not have the storage-management feature enabled (ie. on z13), the list is empty.

type: list
elements: dict
name

HBA name

type: str
{property}

Additional properties of the HBA, as described in the data model of the ‘HBA’ element object of the ‘Partition’ object in the :term:`HMC API` book. The property names have hyphens (-) as described in that book.

type: raw
nics

NICs of the partition.

type: list
elements: dict
name

NIC name

type: str
{property}

Additional properties of the NIC, as described in the data model of the ‘NIC’ element object of the ‘Partition’ object in the :term:`HMC API` book. The property names have hyphens (-) as described in that book.

type: raw
virtual-functions

Virtual functions of the partition.

type: list
elements: dict
name

Virtual function name

type: str
{property}

Additional properties of the virtual function, as described in the data model of the ‘Virtual Function’ element object of the ‘Partition’ object in the :term:`HMC API` book. The property names have hyphens (-) as described in that book.

type: raw