OS installation from an alternate host

[bos]

My work requires that I install AIX 5.1 regularly into different hosts. I was wondering if there was a method of putting the os on a master host and doing all installations from there rather than a cd. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Chapter11]

I don't know enough about it to tell you how to do it, but look for "NIM" (assuming IBM kept it in AIX 5).

 

[bos]

I've never heard anything about NIM. Do you know where I can find more information about it?

 

[AIXSPadmin]

Here is a link to the IBM Redbook on NIM:

http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Red...862567de004c5e32?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,NIM

 

[Yegolev]

NIM works great with 5L and we already have a 5L master ready to do migrations when we get ready to make the move.

NIM needs a "gold image" which you would use to install your systems. I don't know how to do it, but it will load a complete system including user/passwd info. It also allows you to specify different oslevels, as long as they are lower than the master's oslevel. Our NIM master is also a LPP repository.

We use NIM to do our frequent system copies. We just restore a mksysb from whatever source system and NIM it to whatever target system.

It can get quite complicated, as in our case, but now that it's automated I can make a clone with just a few commands. IBM Certified -- AIX 4.3 Obfuscation