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[Moez]

Hi

I'm loocking for documentations or examples of network installation using the NIM Software.
I already have the redbook ! Maybe you have something more simple ?!

Thanks

 

[windjam]

Try the NIM Installation Guide :

http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixins/aixnimgd/edition.htm#A360D5AF481endr

If you read it carefully, and follow it step by step, you 'll reach your goal easily.

Good luck. "Unix, it's like French : nothing is impossible"

 

[altivario]

Hi

I'm tried to make the same thing, but I thik that it is not simple.
My environment is composed by 50 Risc on thats run CATIA application,
I would like to install a nim server on a machine and use it for the installations, but the clients have more type of hardware.
Does it possible using a specific installation for each one ?
I must use a mksysb image plus a specific script for intalling its?
It is possible to install also the CATIA software with the NIM ??
Sorry for my bad english.

Thanks

 

[windjam]

It's exactly what i've used NIM for !

Indeed, you can configure your NIM server ( after having correctly adding your AIX boxes with your NIM interface ) in order to accept a mksysb installation ; the main mksysb it's not important for the client's specific configurations files : SPOT ressource plays this role

But be careful of what are you doing :

+ First, check your hardware platform with <color blue>#bootinfo -p</color> and modify if it's necessary your NIM config for these platform

+ Create a bosinst_data ressource to control your installation ( i mean in your case to check your RECOVER_DEVICES stanza at <color red>yes</color> )

+ The target disk is important : indeed, it's important to distinguish data and system files, particulary in your case ; it's very difficult to prevents NIM from overwriting some files on a physical disk, so if you have local datas ( .model i mean, but maybe have you a filer or a SAN ), i advise you to create two volume groups (rootvg and datavg for example) and fix the size and location of your rootvg on the physical disk.
Then you can export the datavg before starting a NIM installation, and when it finishs you import it and greatfully you can see your so nice .models ...

Note : If you want to be sure to use your datas again, it's more careful to have two physical disks for each volume group

Good luck altivario, - NIM is not hard, but it's simple to spend a lot of time on it ;-) &quot;Unix, it's like French : nothing is impossible&quot;