Merge pull request #1268 from dagwieers/hpilo-reboot-fix

Workaround for when HP iLO is in a state it won't accept requests
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Michael DeHaan 2012-10-10 05:34:22 -07:00
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@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ author: Dag Wieers
module: hpilo_boot
short_description: Boot system using specific media through HP iLO interface
description:
- 'This module boots a system through its HP iLO interface. The boot media
can be one of: cdrom, floppy, hdd, network or usb.'
- "This module boots a system through its HP iLO interface. The boot media
can be one of: cdrom, floppy, hdd, network or usb."
- This module requires the hpilo python module.
version_added: "0.8"
options:
@ -36,23 +36,19 @@ options:
login:
description:
- The login name to authenticate to the HP iLO interface.
required: false
default: Administrator
password:
description:
- The password to authenticate to the HP iLO interface.
required: false
default: admin
match:
description:
- An optional string to match against the iLO server name.
- This is a safety measure to prevent accidentally using the wrong
HP iLO interface with dire consequences.
required: false
media:
description:
- The boot media to boot the system from
required: false
default: network
choices: [ "cdrom", "floppy", "hdd", "network", "normal", "usb" ]
image:
@ -62,7 +58,6 @@ options:
- protocol is either C(http) or C(https)
- "username:password is optional"
- port is optional
required: false
state:
description:
- The state of the boot media.
@ -71,25 +66,23 @@ options:
- "boot_always: Boot from the device each time the serveris rebooted"
- "connect: Connect the virtual media device and set to boot_always"
- "disconnect: Disconnects the virtual media device and set to no_boot"
required: true
default: boot_once
choices: [ "boot_always", "boot_once", "connect", "disconnect", "no_boot" ]
force:
description:
- Whether to force a reboot (even when the system is already booted)
required: false
default: no
choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
examples:
- code: |
- description: Task to boot a system using an ISO from an HP iLO interface only if the system is an HP server
code: |
local_action: hpilo_boot host=$ilo_address login=$ilo_login password=$ilo_password match=$inventory_hostname_short media=cdrom image=$iso_url
only_if: "'$cmdb_hwmodel'.startswith('HP ')
description: Task to boot a system using an ISO from an HP iLO interface only if the system is an HP server
notes:
- To use a USB key image you need to specify floppy as boot media.
- This module ought to be run from a system that can access the HP iLO
interface directly, either by using C(local_action) or
C(using delegate)_to.
using C(delegate_to).
'''
import sys
@ -141,12 +134,12 @@ def main():
if media:
### FIXME: In the below case iLO fails for a short period of time due to the server rebooting
# File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/hpilo.py", line 381, in _parse_message
# raise IloError("Error communicating with iLO: %s" % child.get('MESSAGE'))
#hpilo.IloError: Error communicating with iLO: Problem manipulating EV
ilo.set_one_time_boot(media)
# Workaround for: Error communicating with iLO: Problem manipulating EV
try:
ilo.set_one_time_boot(media)
except hpilo.IloError:
time.sleep(60)
ilo.set_one_time_boot(media)
# TODO: Verify if image URL exists/works
if image: