setting up a NIM server

[RMGBELGIUM]

Hi guys,

I've been testing with setting up a NIM server, created a lpp_source from the AIX5200-01 cd.But now I'm wondering, when one must apply a Maintenance Level to the SPOT and NIM clients, should I first add the files to the existing lpp_source, or should I create a new one for that , or is there another way for applying ML's to NIM clients? I've been doing some reading in the redbook , but 80 % handles over dataless and diskless clients, so that ain't helping a lot.How I've done it untill now :

add software to the lpp_source
apply an update software for the SPOT ( install latest)
apply an update software for the NIM client.

But I fear that in time, after 7 ML's or so my lpp_source will become quite large...

Any suggestions?

Regards,

R.

 

[LeDam]

Have a look at "/usr/sbin/nim_update_all"...

 

[madmurdock]

You do not have to install your clients with the updated spot. You can have your /lpp_source and spot untouched, make an extra directory for your MAINT_Level, then install the client with the original spot and later on simply nfs-mount the exported directory from the NIM-Master and update the client. It is one step more than the direct update of the spot, but that way you can hold just the latest Maintlevel.

Problem that can come up is, when you have hardware which requires a certain Maintlevel in the install-SPOT.

mad

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[kHz]

1. Backup
2. Copy your PTFs to the lppsource directory.
3. Create a new .toc file
a. nim -o check <lppsource>
OR
b. inutoc <path_to_lppsource>
4. Update the new PTFs
a. smitty update_all
5. Update the SPOT with the PTFs
smitty nim_res_op

But if you want to apply the latest to your nodes that are already installed, then you should mount the lppsourcee directory and run a smitty update.

 

[hfaix]

for an ML upgrade to a client, i would build an lpp_source from the downloaded ml level software( 0 to current ). Next I would hop on each client and do smit nim, and then do the update_all function as if I was doing it normally. You will need to make sure you have nimsh or rsh(shell) running.

This works, I've done it several times. Sorry I don't have a machine in from on my right now to verify the procedure exactly.