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Status Planned for future release
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 9, 2022

Enhance patch automation to support tWAS instances installed by IM in Admin mode

Many tWAS instances were installed by IM in Admin mode. During WSA patch installation, the playbook terminated with error message: >>> ValueError: Installation directory is not owned by wasadmin but IM accessRights is admin The tWAS was installed by IM with 'admin' mode, however the owner of $WAS_HOME does not have root privileges. With the current design, to get around the problem, either the tWAS instances have to be re-installed by IM with non-Admin mode or to add root privileges to all the owners of different tWAS. instances. A solution is required to address the restriction without re-installing tWAS and have the playbook 'become_user' of the $WAS_HOME owner to complete the patch installation.
Idea priority High