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If scale_prepare_disable_firewall=FALSE do not check for the firewall package

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If the firewall variable is set to FALSE, do no also take the time to check for the firewall packages. This should reduce the overall time for the playbook to...

Need to configure performance monitoring to best practice and in redundant federated mode with multiple collector nodes. 4 node cluster 1 node marked as MGMT GUI (which flags as pmcollector)...

Cluster installation prechecks should query ssh keys and passwordless prompts are configured as needed

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The role prechecks should query all cluster nodes ssh key exchange and passwordless prompts are as expected prior to running the playbook. This will prevent hangs and failures to ensure...

Commands should not hang indefinitely - add retry and timeout

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Upon attempting to re-run `ansible.sh` to add a new node (RHEL7.7) to an existing cluster (4 RHEL8.1 nodes) something occurred to prevent the "Start deamons" command from completing and hung...

Several field issues were encountered with existing install toolkit where the server was running in a different language. Opening an issue to run a few tests to ensure Ansible can...

Multiple license files in directory path fails installation

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Originally testing installation on 5.0.5.0 code using the following `playbook.yml` ```[root@node-vm1 ibm-spectrum-scale-install-infra]# cat playbook.yml --- - hosts: cluster01 vars: - scale_version: 5.0.5.0 - scale_install_directory_pkg_path: /root/gpfs_rpms_pkg roles: - core/precheck - core/node...

Investigate current package shipment and extraction to other nodes vs repo

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Observing current install playbook and noticed SE packages is being shipped to all nodes in the hosts file and then extracted. This can be lengthy in time and leave entire...

Have an x86 installer node with 3 other x86 nodes that were being installed. Added a 5th node that was ppc64LE and the installer attempted to install on the ppc64LE...

Similar to issue #164 this requests to not ship an x86 SE package to a non x86 architecture node. ```2020-06-24 11:39:34,195 p=25932 u=root n=ansible | TASK [core/node : install |...

Do not try to install on a node that is already part of another Scale cluster

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Attempting to add a node that is already part of another cluster should be detected and gracefully fail with problem determination and messaging to prevent an installation attempt or package...