[QUESTION]: Role: dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware unable to download catalog file FATAL error

[swhiteho-byu]

I am trying to implement the idrac_firmware role.
Everything works so far, except that I receive a fatal error:

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"apply_update": true,
"ca_path": null,
"catalog_file_name": "Catalog.xml",
"idrac_ip": "10.11.40.169",
"idrac_password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"idrac_port": 443,
"idrac_user": "root",
"ignore_cert_warning": true,
"job_wait": true,
"proxy_passwd": null,
"proxy_port": null,
"proxy_server": null,
"proxy_support": "Off",
"proxy_type": null,
"proxy_uname": null,
"reboot": true,
"share_mnt": null,
"share_name": "http://sswfile.byu.edu/dellome/catalog",
"share_password": null,
"share_user": null,
"timeout": 30,
"validate_certs": false
}
},
"job_id": "JID_322151068121",
"msg": "Job JID_322151157708 failed because Unable to transfer the file because the file is not available at the remote host location."
}
Details:

I can curl the file which works fine.

$ curl http://sswfile.byu.edu/dellome/catalog/Catalog.xml -o temp
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 11.2M 100 11.2M 0 0 218M 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 220M

Here is my yaml code:

• name: Apply firmware updates to Dell host
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
  idrac_ip: "hostname"
  idrac_user: "root"
  idrac_password: "password"
  ignore_cert_warning: true
  job_wait: true
  apply_update: true
  reboot: true
  share_name: "http://sswfile.byu.edu/dellome/catalog"
  validate_certs: false

Any idea why this is not work?

[swhiteho-byu]

Also, I logged into the idrac and did a manual firmware update using the same catalog file and idrac was able to pull the catalog file...

[anupamaloke]

@swhiteho-byu, could you please provide the complete name of the file in the task similar to how you are providing it with the curl:

"share_name": "http://sswfile.byu.edu/dellome/catalog", <== catalog.xml

[swhiteho-byu]

I didn't set it, so it is the default... Catalog.xml

[swhiteho-byu]

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"apply_update": false,
"ca_path": null,
"catalog_file_name": "Catalog.xml",
"idrac_ip": "argon03-idrac.byu.edu",
"idrac_password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"idrac_port": 443,
"idrac_user": "root",
"ignore_cert_warning": true,
"job_wait": true,
"proxy_passwd": null,
"proxy_port": null,
"proxy_server": null,
"proxy_support": "Off",
"proxy_type": null,
"proxy_uname": null,
"reboot": true,
"share_mnt": null,
"share_name": "http://sswfile.byu.edu/dellome/catalog/",
"share_password": null,
"share_user": null,
"timeout": 30,
"validate_certs": false

"job_id": "JID_322940192394",
"msg": "Unable to successfully complete JID_322940192394: Unable to transfer the file because the file is not available at the remote host location."

[swhiteho-byu]

OK, very strange. When I run with the apply_update as false, it succeeds in finding the catalog file and uploading the changed firmware packages.
But when I rerun with only changing apply_update to true, it cannot find the catalog file. See outputs below.

ok: [localhost] => {
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"apply_update": false,
"ca_path": null,
"catalog_file_name": "Catalog.xml",
"idrac_ip": "argon03-idrac.byu.edu",
"idrac_password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"idrac_port": 443,
"idrac_user": "root",
"ignore_cert_warning": true,
"job_wait": true,
"proxy_passwd": null,
"proxy_port": null,
"proxy_server": null,
"proxy_support": "Off",
"proxy_type": null,
"proxy_uname": null,
"reboot": true,
"share_mnt": null,
"share_name": "http://sswfile.byu.edu/dellome/catalog/",
"share_password": null,
"share_user": null,
"timeout": 30,
"validate_certs": false
}
},
"msg": "Successfully fetched the applicable firmware update package list.",
"update_status": {
"@odata.context": "/redfish/v1/$metadata#Job.Job",
"@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/JobService/Jobs/JID_322941908787",
"@odata.type": "#Job.v1_2_0.Job",
"Description": "Represent a job in Redfish",
"EndTime": "2024-11-22T09:50:00-07:00",
"Id": "JID_322941908787",
"JobState": "Completed",
"JobStatus": "OK",
"Messages": [
{
"Message": "Job completed successfully.",
"MessageArgs": [
"NA"
],
"[email protected]": 1,
"MessageId": "IDRAC.2.8.RED001"
}
],
"[email protected]": 1,
"Name": "Repository Update",
"PercentComplete": 100,
"StartTime": "2024-11-22T09:49:50-07:00",
"job_details": {
"@Message.ExtendedInfo": [
{
"Message": "The request completed successfully.",
"MessageArgs": [],
"[email protected]": 0,
"MessageId": "Base.1.12.Success",
"RelatedProperties": [],
"[email protected]": 0,
"Resolution": "None",
"Severity": "OK"
}
],
"PackageList": [
{
"BaseLocation": null,
"ComponentID": "105784",
"ComponentType": "FRMW",
"Criticality": "3",
"DisplayName": "Emulex LightPulse LPm32002-D 2-Port 32Gb Fibre Channel Mezz Card",
"JobID": null,
"JobStatus": null,
"Message": null,
"PackageName": "Fibre-Channel_Firmware_F9VR4_WN64_03.08.19_A00-00.EXE",
"PackagePath": "FOLDER11872489M/1/Fibre-Channel_Firmware_F9VR4_WN64_03.08.19_A00-00.EXE",
"PackageVersion": "03.08.19",
"RebootType": "HOST",
"Target": "DCIM:INSTALLED#721__FC.Mezzanine.1C-2"
},
{
"BaseLocation": null,
"ComponentID": "159",
"ComponentType": "BIOS",
"Criticality": "2",
"DisplayName": "BIOS",
"JobID": null,
"JobStatus": null,
"Message": null,
"PackageName": "BIOS_VNJ60_WN64_2.22.1.EXE",
"PackagePath": "FOLDER12102858M/1/BIOS_VNJ60_WN64_2.22.1.EXE",
"PackageVersion": "2.22.1",
"RebootType": "HOST",
"Target": "DCIM:INSTALLED#741__BIOS.Setup.1-1"
},
{
"BaseLocation": null,
"ComponentID": "105490",
"ComponentType": "FRMW",
"Criticality": "1",
"DisplayName": "QLogic 2x25GE QL41262HMKR CNA - 12:20:03:24:01:15",
"JobID": null,
"JobStatus": null,
"Message": null,
"PackageName": "Network_Firmware_8P81X_WN64_16.25.01_A00-00.EXE",
"PackagePath": "FOLDER11732994M/1/Network_Firmware_8P81X_WN64_16.25.01_A00-00.EXE",
"PackageVersion": "16.25.01",
"RebootType": "HOST",
"Target": "DCIM:INSTALLED#701__NIC.Mezzanine.1A-2-1"
}
]
}
}
}

Changed apply_update to true:

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"apply_update": true,
"ca_path": null,
"catalog_file_name": "Catalog.xml",
"idrac_ip": "argon03-idrac.byu.edu",
"idrac_password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"idrac_port": 443,
"idrac_user": "root",
"ignore_cert_warning": true,
"job_wait": true,
"proxy_passwd": null,
"proxy_port": null,
"proxy_server": null,
"proxy_support": "Off",
"proxy_type": null,
"proxy_uname": null,
"reboot": true,
"share_mnt": null,
"share_name": "http://sswfile.byu.edu/dellome/catalog/",
"share_password": null,
"share_user": null,
"timeout": 30,
"validate_certs": false
}
},
"job_id": "JID_322943244908",
"msg": "Job JID_322943336381 failed because Unable to transfer the file because the file is not available at the remote host location."
}

[swhiteho-byu]

OK on the idrac, I get this error message:
RED132: Unable to transfer the file because the file is not available at the remote host location.
I am concluding that I need to have the firmware files on the web server... Is that correct?

[anupamaloke]

OK on the idrac, I get this error message: RED132: Unable to transfer the file because the file is not available at the remote host location. I am concluding that I need to have the firmware files on the web server... Is that correct?

@swhiteho-byu, that's right. In addition to the catalog.xml file, you also need to have the firmware binaries present. Please see this link on how to do it with Dell Repository Manager (DRM).