Network Installation Management Guide and Reference

Removing Machines from the NIM Environment

Removing a machine from the NIM environment can be done by removing the client information from the NIM database.

Note: When a client is removed from the NIM environment, NIM attempts to remove the /etc/niminfo file from the client machine. However, the client fileset and rhost permission for the NIM master must be removed manually from the client system if such additional cleanup is desired.

From Web-based System Manager

1. Select the Machines container.
2. In the contents area, select a machine to remove from the NIM environment.
3. From the Selected menu, choose Delete to remove the machine.

From SMIT

1. To remove a machine from the NIM environment, enter the smit nim_rmmac fast path.
2. Select the machine to remove.
3. In the displayed dialog fields, accept the defaults.

From the Command Line

To remove a machine from the NIM environment, enter:

nim -o remove MachineName

where MachineName is the name of the machine to be removed.