Create VIP and node IP from different subnet

Creating PowerVC Ops Mgr inventory by using advanced option

Run powervc-opsmgr inventory -c <clustername_advance> -a to create Ops Mgr inventory file.

Example

Inventory creation for PowerVC on a multinode with advanced option enabled

powervc-opsmgr inventory -c clustername_advanced -a
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                               PowerVC Inventory                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
        Configure Firewall (y/n) (Default: y):
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   PowerVC Nodes
        Enter the number of nodes           : 1
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   INFO:
     Virtual IP advanced option
        * Virtual IP Advanced Option is Selected.
        * Network interface name need to be same on all nodes.
     Primary/Bootstrap Node
        * First node specified will be considered as primary or bootstrap node.
     Sudo User
        * Sudo user with same username and password across all nodes is required.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   PowerVC Node(s) Information
     Node 1
        Enter IP/Hostname for Node 1        : <IP/hostname>
        Enter Username for all nodes        : root
        Enter Password for all nodes        :
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   INFO:
     Virtual IP advanced option
        * Virtual IP Advanced option is enabled.
        * Primary/bootstrap node interface name will be used for binding Virtual IP.
        * CIDR notation mask is used for Virtual IP cidr_netmask.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   Virtual IP
        Enter Virtual IP                    : <IP>
        Enter Virtual IP CIDR [1-32]        : 22
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                      PowerVC Inventory - clustername_advanced                      |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
        Cluster Name              : clustername_advanced
        Cluster ID                : c939ec12-2e6e-4785-8cef-d0a5acf57f6c
        Install Method            : cluster
        Firewall Config           : True
        Login User                : root
        Virtual IP Advanced       : True
        Virtual IP CIDR           : 22
        Virtual IP Interface Name : env32
        Virtual IP                : <IP>
        Primary/Bootstrap Host    : <IP/Hostname>
        Hosts                     : <IP/Hostname>
        Edition                   : private_cloud
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|              *** End of PowerVC Inventory - clustername_advanced ***               |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Establishing passwordless connection
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.
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PLAY [{{ playbook_task_names.configure_ssh_keys }}] ****************************
Friday 06 December 2024  08:30:41 -0500 (0:00:00.943)       0:00:07.245 *******
===============================================================================
Gathering Facts --------------------------------------------------------- 2.33s
command ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1.24s
pvc_sshkeys : Make all Hosts known to each other - update known_hosts files --- 0.94s
pvc_sshkeys : Copy the keys to the authorized_keys file ----------------- 0.48s
{{ pvc_sshkeys_task_names.get_home_directory_for_ansible_user }} -------- 0.45s
pvc_sshkeys : Generate ssh key pair ------------------------------------- 0.38s
pvc_sshkeys : Get the stat for ssh directory ---------------------------- 0.36s
pvc_sshkeys : Creates ssh directory /root/.ssh -------------------------- 0.35s
pvc_sshkeys : Fetch public key ------------------------------------------ 0.34s
include_vars ------------------------------------------------------------ 0.03s
include_vars ------------------------------------------------------------ 0.03s
include_vars ------------------------------------------------------------ 0.03s
{{ pvc_utils_task_names.store_locale_variable }} ------------------------ 0.03s
{{ pvc_sshkeys_task_names.set_home_directory_for_ansible_user }} -------- 0.03s
pvc_sshkeys : include_vars ---------------------------------------------- 0.03s
include_vars ------------------------------------------------------------ 0.03s
pvc_sshkeys : copy SSH Key files if specified --------------------------- 0.02s
pvc_sshkeys : Delete ssh is file or link -------------------------------- 0.02s
pvc_sshkeys : copy SSH Key files if specified --------------------------- 0.02s
include_vars ------------------------------------------------------------ 0.02s
SSH Key exchange successfully completed at, 2024-12-06 08:30:41.,
 Refer to
 /opt/ibm/powervc-opsmgr/ansible/artifacts/powervc-opsmgr_clustername_advanced_ssh_key_xchg_20241206_083032/stdout
 for more details.
Inventory file generated successfully at /opt/ibm/powervc-opsmgr/ansible/inventory/clustername_advanced

After generation of inventory file, to validate the creation of the inventory file, enter the following command:

powervc-opsmgr inventory -l
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                      PowerVC Inventory - clustername_advanced                      |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
        Cluster Name              : clustername_advanced
        Cluster ID                : c939ec12-2e6e-4785-8cef-d0a5acf57f6c
        Install Method            : cluster
        Firewall Config           : True
        Login User                : root
        Virtual IP Advanced       : True
        Virtual IP CIDR           : 22
        Virtual IP Interface Name : env32
        Virtual IP                : <IP>
        Primary/Bootstrap Host    : <IP/Hostname>
        Hosts                     : <IP/Hostname>
        Edition                   : private_cloud
        Inventory Directory       : /opt/ibm/powervc-opsmgr/ansible/inventory/clustername_advanced
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|              *** End of PowerVC Inventory - clustername_advanced ***               |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

In t example, you can see that the Virtual IP Advanced is mentioned as True.