NIM server setup for dummies

1. Create LV, filesystem /export/nim

mklv -t jfs2 -y nimlv rootvg 3G hdisk1

crfs -v jfs2 -d nimlv -m /export/nim -A yes

mount /export/nim

2. Check whether bootpd and tftpd are running, if not, start them up.

egrep "bootpd|tftpd" /etc/inetd.conf

If the entry is commented out, remove the # sign at the beginning.

lssrc -l -s inetd|grep bootpd
lssrc -s tftpd

If bootpd is not active,

refresh -s inetd

If tftpd is not active,

startsrc -s tftpd

Check the status again.

lssrc -l -s inetd|grep bootpd
bootps       /usr/sbin/bootpd         bootpd /etc/bootptab     active

lssrc -s tftpd
Subsystem         Group            PID          Status
tftpd            tcpip            365000       active

3. Set up NIM master

My AIX 5.3 depot is in /depot/AIX3DVD, if you use CD/DVD, change it to /dev/cd0.
-B means Do not make mksysb
-F means Do not make filesysetems

nim_master_setup -a device=/depot/AIX3DVD -BF

############################## NIM master setup ##############################
#                                                                            #
#  During script execution, lpp_source and spot resource creation times      #
#  may vary. To view the install log at any time during nim_master_setup,    #
#  run the command: tail -f /var/adm/ras/nim.setup in a separate screen.     #
#                                                                            #
##############################################################################

4. List all NIM objects that have been created by the script above.

lsnim
master              machines        master
boot                resources       boot
nim_script          resources       nim_script
master_net          networks        ent
master_net_conf     resources       resolv_conf
5300-04bid_ow       resources       bosinst_data
530lpp_res          resources       lpp_source
530spot_res         resources       spot
basic_res_grp       groups          res_group

5. Update the latest patches to lpp_res and spot_res.

Again,
-B means Do not make mksysb
-u means Do not update on NIM clients
-d to specify patches location.

/usr/sbin/nim_update_all -l 530lpp_res -s 530spot_res -Bu -d /depot/AIX3patches

6. Detect and remove the duplicated and conflict filesets on lpp resource.

lsnim
master              machines        master
boot                resources       boot
nim_script          resources       nim_script
master_net          networks        ent
master_net_conf     resources       resolv_conf
5300-08bid_ow       resources       bosinst_data
530lpp_res          resources       lpp_source
530spot_res         resources       spot
basic_res_grp       groups          res_group

lsnim -l 530lpp_res
530lpp_res:
   class       = resources
   type        = lpp_source
   arch        = power
   Rstate      = ready for use
   prev_state  = verification is being performed
   location    = /export/nim/lpp_source/530lpp_res
   simages     = yes
   alloc_count = 0
   server      = master

Detect duplicated

 /usr/lib/instl/lppmgr -d /export/nim/lpp_source/530lpp_res -bu

Actually remove duplicated

 /usr/lib/instl/lppmgr -d /export/nim/lpp_source/530lpp_res -bu -r