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ansible-doc: update faq to include common z/OS pitfalls (#18555) (#49504)

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* ansible-doc: update faq to include common z/OS pitfalls (#18555)
Co-Authored-By: gitaaron <aaron.surty@gmail.com>
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@ -222,6 +222,29 @@ is likely the problem. There are several workarounds:
(bash, ksh, and zsh should also be POSIX compatible if you have any of those installed).
Running on z/OS
---------------
There are a few common errors that one might run into when trying to execute Ansible on z/OS as a target.
* Version 2.7.6 of python for z/OS will not work with Ansible because it represents strings internally as EBCDIC.
To get around this limitation, download and install a later version of `python for z/OS <https://www.rocketsoftware.com/zos-open-source>`_ (2.7.13 or 3.6.1) that represents strings internally as ascii. Version 2.7.13 is verified to work.
.. error::
/usr/bin/python: EDC5129I No such file or directory
To fix this set the path to the python installation in your inventory like so::
zos1 ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/lpp/python/python-2017-04-12-py27/python27/bin/python
.. error::
EE3501S The module libpython2.7.so was not found.
On z/OS, you must execute python from gnu bash. If gnu bash is installed at ``/usr/lpp/bash``, you can fix this in your inventory by specifying an ``ansible_shell_executable``::
zos1 ansible_shell_executable=/usr/lpp/bash/bin/bash
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