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Network Installation Management Guide and Reference

Table of Contents

About This Book

  • Who Should Use This Book
  • Highlighting
  • ISO 9000
  • Related Publications
  • Trademarks

    • Chapter 1. Network Installation Management (NIM) Introduction

  • Overview of Network Installation Management (NIM) Operations
  • Installing BOS
  • Customizing (Installing) the Software
  • Maintaining the Software
  • Configuring the Machine
  • Booting Diagnostics
  • Booting in Maintenance Mode
  • Initializing Diskless and Dataless Clients
  • Installing BOS on an Alternate Disk

    • Chapter 2. Choosing a NIM Master

    Chapter 3. Basic NIM Operations and Configuration

  • Configuring the NIM Master and Creating Basic Installation Resources
  • Prerequisites
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Adding a Standalone NIM Client to the NIM Environment
  • Prerequisites
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • Method A:
  • Method B:
  • From the Command Line
  • Method A:
  • Method B:
  • Verifying the Status of Your Client Machine
  • Using Installation Images to Install the Base Operating System (BOS) on a NIM Client (rte Install)
  • Prerequisites
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Using a mksysb Image to Install the Base Operating System (BOS) on a NIM Client (mksysb Install)
  • Prerequisites
  • Cloning Considerations
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Using a SPOT-copy to Install the Base Operating System (BOS) on a NIM Client (SPOT-copy Install)
  • Prerequisites
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Performing a Non-Prompted BOS Installation
  • Prerequisites
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Installing to Clients on ATM Networks
  • BOS Installation Over Non-ATM Adapters
  • BOS Installation Over ATM Adapters
  • Configuration Requirements
  • Converting Generic Networks Into ATM Networks
  • System Recovery After Boot Failure
  • Customizing NIM Clients and SPOT Resources
  • Prerequisites
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Configuring the NIM Master and Creating Resources to Support Diskless and Dataless Clients Only
  • Prerequisites
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Adding a Diskless or Dataless Client to the NIM Environment
  • Prerequisites
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Example 1:
  • Example 2:
  • Initializing and Booting a Diskless or Dataless Machine
  • Prerequisites
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Uninitializing Diskless and Dataless Machines
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Installing to an Alternate Disk on a NIM Client (cloning or mksysb)
  • Prerequisites
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Installing mksysb on an Alternate Disk
  • Cloning the rootvg to an Alternate Disk
  • Examples

    • Chapter 4. NIM Client Operations

  • Performing NIM Client Operations
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line

    • Chapter 5. Advanced NIM Installation Tasks

  • Controlling the Master or Client
  • Disabling Master Push Permissions
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Resetting Machines
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Using Client Machines as Resource Servers
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Defining a Machine Group
  • Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Adding New Members to Machine Groups
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Removing Members from Machine Groups
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Including and Excluding a Group Member from Operations on the Group
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Using Resource Groups to Allocate Related Resources to NIM Machines
  • Defining a Resource Group
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Allocating a Resource Group
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Defining Default Resource Groups
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Managing Software on Standalone Clients and SPOT Resources
  • Listing Software Installed on a Standalone Client or SPOT
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Listing Software Updates, Installed on a Standalone Client or SPOT, by Keyword
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Maintaining Software on Standalone Clients and SPOT Resources
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Rebuilding Network Boot Images for a SPOT
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Maintaining Software in an lpp_source
  • Copying Software to an lpp_source
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Removing Software from an lpp_source
  • From the Command Line
  • Running the NIM check Operation
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Viewing Installation, Configuration, and Boot Logs
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Verifying Installation with the lppchk Operation
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Using NIM to Install Clients Configured with Kerberos Authentication
  • Using NIM to Install Clients Configured with Kerberos 4 Authentication
  • Using NIM to Install Clients Configured with Kerberos 5 Authentication
  • Concurrency Control
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line

    • Chapter 6. Advanced NIM Configuration Tasks

  • Removing Machines from the NIM Environment
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Creating Additional Interface Attributes
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Defining /usr versus non-/usr SPOTs
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Using the installp Command
  • Re-Creating SPOT Resources from Existing Directories
  • Defining an lpp_source on CD-ROM versus Disk
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Establishing a Default NIM Route Between Networks
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Establishing a Static NIM Route Between Networks
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Recovering the /etc/niminfo File
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From the Command Line
  • Backing Up the NIM Database
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Restoring the NIM Database and Activating the NIM Master
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Unconfiguring the NIM Master
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Booting Diagnostics
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • Initiating the diag Operation from the Client
  • Initiating the diag Operation from the Master
  • From the Command Line
  • Verifying the diag Operation
  • Loading Diagnostics without the diag Operation
  • Booting in Maintenance Mode
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • Initiating the maint_boot Operation from the Client
  • Initiating the maint_boot Operation from the Master
  • From the Command Line
  • Using Maintenance Mode

    • Chapter 7. Additional Topics

  • NIM Master Management Tasks
  • Deactivating the NIM Master and Removing the NIM Master Fileset
  • Increasing the Number of Hosts to Which NIM May NFS-Export a Resource
  • Controlling the Asynchronous Behavior of NIM Operations
  • Suppressing Output from NIM Operations
  • Reducing Space Requirements for NIM Resources
  • NIM Name Resolution
  • Booting a FDDI Interface Over a Router
  • Default Paging Space During BOS Installation Via NIM
  • Migrating Diskless and Dataless Clients and NIM SPOTS
  • Defining the NIM Environment Using the nimdef Command
  • Name Requirements for NIM Object Definitions
  • Interacting with the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • Creating File Resources in the root Directory
  • Restricting NIM Client Resource Allocation
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Preventing Machines from Adding Themselves as Clients
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Disabling Client CPU ID Validation
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Exporting NIM Resources Globally
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Creating Network Boot Images to Support Only the Defined Clients and Networks
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • Updating a Spot With New Device Support for a New Level of AIX
  • Tune Client Request Processing
  • From SMIT
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From the Command Line

    • Chapter 8. Network Installation Management Concepts

  • NIM Machines
  • NIM Operations on Client Machines
  • Defining NIM Clients
  • Standalone Clients
  • Network Booting a Standalone Client
  • Managing Software on Standalone Clients
  • Diskless and Dataless Clients
  • Required and Optional Resources for Diskless and Dataless Clients
  • Initialization of Diskless and Dataless Clients
  • Managing Software on Diskless and Dataless Clients
  • NIM Networks
  • Supported NIM Network Types
  • Defining NIM Networks
  • Determining a Network's IP Address
  • NIM Routes
  • Defining a Heterogeneous Network
  • Adding Another Network Type to a NIM Network
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT
  • From the Command Line
  • NIM Resources
  • boot Resource
  • bosinst_data Resource
  • Defining a bosinst_data Resource
  • dump Resource
  • Defining a dump Resource
  • exclude_files Resource
  • Defining an exclude_files Resource
  • fix_bundle Resource
  • Defining a fix_bundle Resource
  • home Resource
  • Defining a home Resource
  • image_data Resource
  • Defining an image_data Resource
  • installp_bundle Resource
  • Defining an installp_bundle Resource
  • lpp_source Resource
  • Defining an lpp_source Resource
  • mksysb Resource
  • Defining a mksysb Resource
  • nim_script Resource
  • paging Resource
  • Defining a paging Resource
  • resolv_conf Resource
  • Defining a resolv_conf Resource
  • root Resource
  • Defining a root Resource
  • script Resource
  • Defining a script Resource
  • shared_home Resource
  • Defining a shared_home Resource
  • SPOT (Shared Product Object Tree) Resource
  • Network Boot Images for AIX 4.1 SPOTs
  • Network Boot Images for AIX 4.2 SPOTs
  • Network Boot Images for AIX 4.3 and Later SPOTs
  • Defining a SPOT Resource
  • tmp Resource
  • Defining a tmp Resource
  • Distributed NIM Resources
  • NIM Operations
  • allocate
  • alt_disk_install
  • bos_inst
  • NIM BOS Installation Details
  • force_push Attribute
  • boot_client Attribute
  • set_bootlist Attribute
  • preserve_res Attribute
  • change
  • check
  • cust
  • deallocate
  • define
  • diag
  • dkls_init
  • dtls_init
  • fix_query
  • lppchk
  • maint
  • maint_boot
  • reboot
  • remove
  • reset
  • select
  • showlog
  • showres
  • sync_roots
  • unconfig
  • NIM Groups
  • Machine Groups
  • Resource Groups

    • Chapter 9. Network Installation Management Commands

    Chapter 10. Error and Warning Messages

    Chapter 11. Network Installation Management Troubleshooting

  • Debugging a Network Boot Problem
  • Establishing Network Communication Between the Client and Server
  • Obtaining the Boot Image from the Server
  • Running the Boot Image on the Client
  • Producing Debug Output for NIM BOS Installations
  • Producing Debug Output from a Network Boot Image
  • Producing Debug Output from the BOS Install Program
  • Method A: To Produce Debug Output When Not Using a bosinst_data Resource
  • Method B: To Produce Debug Output When Using a bosinst_data Resource
  • Port Conflicts with NIM and other Applications

    • Appendix A. Network Boot

  • Booting a Machine Over the Network
  • Method A
  • Method B (Booting Micro Channel-Based, Symmetric Multiprocessor Systems)
  • Method C (Booting an rspc Platform Machine)
  • Creating IPL ROM Emulation Media
  • From Web-based System Manager
  • From SMIT

    • Appendix B. Hardware-Related Tasks

  • Determining a Machine's Network Hardware Address
  • For a Running Machine

    • Appendix C. Sample Files

  • bosinst.data File
  • script Resource File
  • Definition File for the nimdef Command

    • Appendix D. NIM Compatibility and Limitations

  • Operations
  • Resources
  • Default Routes
  • NIM Master
  • Memory Requirements for AIX 5.1
  • Remote Dump over ISA Ethernet
  • LAN SCSI Adapter

    • Appendix E. Notices

    Glossary

    Index

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