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AIX Patch Management with Ansible

Ansible delivers simple IT automation that ends repetitive tasks and frees up DevOps teams for more strategic work. Ansible is powerful IT automation that you can learn quickly.

It is important to note that many of the Ansible modules for the Linux operating system will also work on AIX (in addition to the IBM provided AIX modules), making the use cases for Ansible on AIX very broad.

The problem with this approach is that these scripts can become extremely complex over the years, and often wind up being held together with “duct tape and zip ties”.As enterprises move to a modern, enterprise-wide automation strategy with Ansible Automation Platform, extending automation to AIX is a great method to simplify and develop consistency in the way AIX systems are supported, all while using the same automation tools that can be used across the enterprise.

Ansible is the only automation language that can be used across entire IT teams from systems and network administrators to developers and managers.