If a remote copy link already exists, the IP validation is ignored.

[leenaj0hn]

If a remote copy link already exists, and the user provides an incomplete IP address, the playbook does not fail with invalid IP error. The same succeeds with message remote copy already exists.

ok: [localhost] => {
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"different_secondary_wwn": false,
"discard_new_data": false,
"domain": null,
"full_sync": false,
"keep_snap": false,
"local_groups_direction": false,
"local_remote_volume_pair_list": null,
"local_snap_cpg": null,
"local_user_cpg": null,
"no_resync_snapshot": false,
"no_snapshot": false,
"recovery_action": null,
"remote_copy_group_name": null,
"remove_secondary_volume": false,
"skip_initial_sync": false,
"skip_promote": false,
"skip_start": false,
"skip_sync": false,
"snapshot_name": null,
"source_port": "1:3:1",
"starting_snapshots": null,
"state": "admitlink",
"stop_groups": false,
"storage_system_ip": "192.168.67.5",
"storage_system_password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"storage_system_username": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"target_mode": null,
"target_name": "CSSOS-SSA06",
"target_port_wwn_or_ip": "192.168.2.",
"targets": null,
"unset_snap_cpg": false,
"unset_user_cpg": false,
"volume_auto_creation": false,
"volume_name": null
}
},
"msg": "Admit remote copy link 1:3:1:192.168.2. already exists."

[farhan7500]

Fixed!

Kindly verify

[ansarars]

Fixed in PR farhan7500/python-3parclient#4