provision_new_vms_to_service: NoMethodError: undefined method `miq_request_tasks' for nil:NilClass

[sigbjornaib]

I have added a button pointing at "/ Service / Operations / Methods / provision_new_vms_to_service". When I use the button on a Service, I receive the following error message in the automate.log:

NoMethodError: undefined method `miq_request_tasks' for nil:NilClass

This occurs in the "create_provision_request_from_service_template_provision_task" function, when it is looking for "origional_vm_task = task.miq_request_tasks.first.miq_request_tasks.first".

The task var is:
task = $evm.vmdb('service_template_provision_task').find_by_destination_id(service.id)

The task is found, but there are no miq_request_tasks association with the task.

The Service I am using does have a VM attached to it. The Service and VM was provisioned using the code from RedHatConsulting_Satellite6 and RedHatConsulting_Utilities.

[itewk]

@A-Beck @curt-matthews can you engage here.

[A-Beck]

@sigbjornaib What version of CloudForms are you working with?

I'm not familiar with this method, but I do have some suggestions I'd like you to try.

Could you update: origional_vm_task = task.miq_request_tasks.first.miq_request_tasks.first

to

origional_vm_task = task.miq_request.miq_request_tasks.first

Making that update, I was able to get a non-nil task returned and able to populate the source VM template and service options, which should help get to the next step.

Adding a dump_object on the original VM task and uploading the message here would also be helpful for debugging.

dump_object('origional_vm_task', origional_vm_task)

Thanks!

Andrew

[sigbjornaib]

We are on CloudForms 4.7, CFME 5.10.15.

Changing that var brings be a bit further. The "origional_vm_task_options = origional_vm_task.options" seem to resolve successfully. However the "source_miq_provision_request_template_options = task.miq_request_tasks.first.service_resource.resource.options" fails.

I would prefer not to place the information you request on this public fora. May I send it to you via email?

NoMethodError: undefined method service_resource' for nil:NilClass <AEMethod provision_new_vms_to_service> /AIB_Dev/Service/Operations/Methods/provision_new_vms_to_service:71:in create_provision_request_from_service_template_provision_task'
Method STDERR: /AIB_Dev/Service/Operations/Methods/provision_new_vms_to_service:71:in create_provision_request_from_service_template_provision_task': undefined method service_resource' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
Method STDERR: #011from /AIB_Dev/Service/Operations/Methods/provision_new_vms_to_service:200:in `

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[A-Beck]

@sigbjornaib Apologies for the delay. Yes, feel free to email me at anbecker at redhat dot com.

Testing in my environment, updating to task.miq_request_tasks.first.miq_request_tasks.first.service_resource is a valid method, but always returns nil.