No need to take instance action if already in state

Signed-off-by: Yussuf Shaikh <yussuf.shaikh1@ibm.com>
yussufsh · Mar 14, 2023 · 3e60029 · 3e60029
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diff --git a/ibm/service/power/resource_ibm_pi_instance_action.go b/ibm/service/power/resource_ibm_pi_instance_action.go
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ func resourceIBMPIInstanceActionRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData
 func resourceIBMPIInstanceActionUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) diag.Diagnostics {
 
 	if d.HasChange(Arg_PVMInstanceActionType) {
-		takeInstanceAction(ctx, d, meta, d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutUpdate))
+		adiag := takeInstanceAction(ctx, d, meta, d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutUpdate))
+		if adiag != nil {
+			return adiag
+		}
 	}
 
 	return resourceIBMPIInstanceActionRead(ctx, d, meta)
@@ -146,18 +149,6 @@ func takeInstanceAction(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interf
 	action := d.Get(Arg_PVMInstanceActionType).(string)
 	targetHealthStatus := d.Get(Arg_PVMInstanceHealthStatus).(string)
 
-	body := &models.PVMInstanceAction{Action: &action}
-	log.Printf("Calling the IBM PI Action %s on the instance %s", action, id)
-	client := st.NewIBMPIInstanceClient(ctx, sess, cloudInstanceID)
-
-	err = client.Action(id, body)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("[ERROR] failed to perform the action on the instance %v", err)
-		return diag.FromErr(err)
-	}
-
-	log.Printf("Executed the action on the instance")
-
 	var targetStatus string
 	if action == "stop" || action == "immediate-shutdown" {
 		targetStatus = "SHUTOFF"
@@ -169,6 +160,33 @@ func takeInstanceAction(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interf
 		targetStatus = "ACTIVE"
 	}
 
+	client := st.NewIBMPIInstanceClient(ctx, sess, cloudInstanceID)
+
+	// special case for action "start", "stop", "immediate-shutdown"
+	// skip calling action if instance is already in desired state
+	if action == "start" || action == "stop" || action == "immediate-shutdown" {
+		pvm, err := client.Get(id)
+		if err != nil {
+			return diag.FromErr(err)
+		}
+
+		if *pvm.Status == targetStatus && pvm.Health != nil && (pvm.Health.Status == targetHealthStatus || pvm.Health.Status == PVMInstanceHealthOk) {
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] skipping as action %s not needed on the instance %s", action, id)
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	body := &models.PVMInstanceAction{Action: &action}
+	log.Printf("Calling the IBM PI Action %s on the instance %s", action, id)
+
+	err = client.Action(id, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[ERROR] failed to perform the action on the instance %v", err)
+		return diag.FromErr(err)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Executed the action on the instance")
+
 	log.Printf("Calling the check for %s opertion to check for status %s", action, targetStatus)
 	_, err = isWaitForPIInstanceActionStatus(ctx, client, id, timeout, targetStatus, targetHealthStatus)
 	if err != nil {

diff --git a/ibm/service/power/resource_ibm_pi_instance_action_test.go b/ibm/service/power/resource_ibm_pi_instance_action_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ func TestAccIBMPIInstanceAction(t *testing.T) {
 				),
 			},
 			{
+				// Try to stop already stopped instance
+				Config: testAccCheckIBMPIInstanceActionConfig("stop"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"ibm_pi_instance_action.example", "status", "SHUTOFF"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				Config: testAccCheckIBMPIInstanceActionConfig("start"),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"ibm_pi_instance_action.example", "status", "ACTIVE"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				// Try to start already started instance
 				Config: testAccCheckIBMPIInstanceActionConfig("start"),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(