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manu [Install PowerVC]
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 ===== Install PowerVC =====
+Yum repository for PowerVC install through RHN and make sure that the following repos are enabled.
+  AppStream
+  BaseOS
+  Supplementary
+  High Availability (HA repo is not available with standard RHEL subscription. For subscription details, see Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® High Availability Add-On ).
+  Codeready Builder (CRB) (for RHEL 9.x only) with these RPMs, libknet1 and mysql-libs.
 I installed PowerVC x86 on VMware
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 </cli>
-==== Install PowerVC ====
+==== Install / Deploy the deployment package ====
+ :-P
 Required repositories
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   * BaseOS
   * ansible-automation-platform-setup-bundle (downloaded from Redhat)
+  * Redhat HA
 Extract the package powervc-install-x86-rhel-2.0.0.0.tgz
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 </cli>
+==== Prepare for ansible deployment ====
+Check if configuration exists
+<cli prompt='#'>
+[root@ibmpvc01 ~]# powervc-opsmgr inventory -l
+Error: No cluster/inventory found
+</cli>
+IBM documentation tell to use **install** it the bad command
+<cli prompt='#'>
+[root@ibmpvc01 powervc]# powervc-opsmgr install -c PowerVC
+Error: Cluster/Inventory does not exist for PowerVC
+</cli>
+Use instaed inventory to populate info, and create a cluster
+<cli prompt='#'>
+[root@ibmpvc01 powervc]# powervc-opsmgr inventory -c PowerVC
+*********************************************************
+Install Private cloud edition(y/n): n
+Enable Monitoring (y/n): y
+Configure Firewall (y/n): y
+*********************************************************
+Enter the number of nodes: 1
+*********************************************************
+INFO: First node specified will be considered as primary host/node
+*******************************************************
+Enter IP/Hostname for Node 1: ibmpvc01
+Enter Username for Node 1: root
+Enter Password for Node 1: xxxxx
+*********************************************************
+Enter Virtual IP/Hostname: ibmpvc01-vip
+Establishing passwordless connection
+PLAY [Configure SSH Keys] ******************************************************
+TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
+Friday 24 September 2021  09:01:46 +0200 (0:00:00.027)       0:00:00.027 ******
+ok: [ibmpvc01]
+...
+Inventory file generated successfully at /opt/ibm/powervc-opsmgr/ansible/inventory/PowerVC
+</cli>
+<cli prompt='#'>
+[root@ibmpvc01 usr]# powervc-opsmgr inventory -l
+Cluster name: PowerVC
+Hosts: ['ibmpvc01']
+Edition: powervc
+Firewall Config: True
+Monitoring: True
+Primary host: ibmpvc01
+Virtual IP: 10.1.38.60
+---End of cluster PowerVC---
+</cli>
+==== Install PowerVC ====
+Once all repositories are available you can start the installation
+  logs are located in /opt/ibm/powervc-opsmgr/ansible/artifacts/
+<cli prompt='#'>
+[root@ibmpvc01 usr]# powervc-opsmgr install -c PowerVC
+PLAY [Precheck] ****************************************************************
+Friday 24 September 2021  09:05:33 +0200 (0:00:00.061)       0:00:00.061 ******
+ok: [ibmpvc01]
+TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
+ok: [ibmpvc01]
+Friday 24 September 2021  09:05:34 +0200 (0:00:01.578)       0:00:01.639 ******
+changed: [ibmpvc01]
+</cli>
+If need to restart the installation use the option **-f**
+<cli prompt='#'>
+[root@ibmpvc01 ~]# powervc-opsmgr install -c PowerVC -f
+Powervc Install exists skipping precheck to rerun
+</cli>
+=== Log management ===
+Do not forget to rotate logs !
+https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/powervc-cloud/2.2.0?topic=problems-powervc-log-management

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