Network Installation Management Guide and Reference

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A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U W

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/etc/niminfo file

recovering (1587)

/usr file system (1828)

additional topics

dynamic host configuration protocol

interacting with (1643)

advanced configuration (1557)

adding another network type (1732)

backing up the NIM database (1594)

booting diagnostics (1613)

booting in maintenance mode (1616)

creating additional interface attributes (1570)

defining /usr vs. non-/usr SPOTs (1572)

defining a heterogeneous network (1729)

defining an lpp_source on CD-ROM vs. Disk (1575)

establishing a default route (1577)

establishing a static route (1582)

recovering the /etc/niminfo file (1589)

removing machines (1559)

restoring the database and activating the master (1600)

unconfiguring the master (1604)

advanced installation

controlling the master or client (1447)

group member

excluding (1467)

including (1470)

logs

viewing boot (1543)

viewing configuration (1542)

viewing installation (1541)

lpp_source

copying software (1527)

maintaining software (1524)

removing software (1530)

running the check operation (1533)

lppchk operation

verifying installation (1545)

machine groups

adding new members (1461)

defining (1458)

removing members (1463)

machines

resetting (1451)

resource group

allocating (1482)

defining (1477)

resource groups

defining default (1485)

resource servers

using clients (1453)

SPOT

listing software (1496)

listing software updates by keyword (1510)

maint operation (1518)

managing software (1487)

rebuilding network boot images (1521)

standalone client

listing software (1500)

listing software updates by keyword (1511)

standalone clients

maint operation (1519)

managing software (1490)

advanced tasks

installation (1442)

allocate

resource group (1480)

allocate operation (1852)

allocating resources

resource groups (1472)

alt_disk_install (1433)

ATM networks

converting generic networks into (1411)

installing to clients (1409)

ATM Networks (1713)

attributes

if (1561)

if1 (1567)

if2 (1568)

other_net_type (1725)

basic configuration

creating basic installation resources (1386)

basic operations and configuration (1384), (1430)

adding a diskless or dataless client (1418)

adding a standalone client (1391)

clients and SPOT resources

customizing (1412)

configuring the master (1385)

diskless and dataless clients

configuring the master and creating resources (1415)

diskless or dataless machine

initializing and booting (1422)

uninitializing (1426)

mksysb install (1399)

non-prompted install (1405)

rte install (1396)

SPOT-copy install (1402)

boot logs

view (1536)

boot resource (1739)

booting

diagnostics (1607)

over router (1631)

bos_inst operation (1855)

ATM adapters (1410)

paging space (1634)

using the boot_client attribute (1865)

using the force_push attribute (1864)

using the preserve_res attribute (1867)

using the set_bootlist attribute (1866)

BOS run-time image

source for (1859)

bos.sysmgt.nim.master

removing (1621)

bosinst_data (1742)

defined (1741)

defining (1744)

overview (1740)

bosinst.data sample file (1967)

change operation (1869)

check operation (1872)

client

determining control (1445)

diskless or dataless

adding (1420)

operations (1435), (1656)

tasks performed from (1550)

client machine

verifying status of (1395)

client operations (1437), (1554)

clients

dataless (1666)

initializing (1708)

optional resources (1677)

required resources (1671)

defining (1657)

diskless (1667)

initializing (1707)

optional resources (1676)

required resources (1670)

standalone (1658)

managing software (1663)

network booting (1660)

standalone, adding (1393)

commands

nimclient (1438), (1555)

rsh (1378)

compatibility

version 4.1 and 4.2 (1975)

concepts

NIM (1650)

concurrency control (1549)

configuration logs

view (1535)

configuration tasks

basic (1383)

control operations

definition of (1849)

control status

master or client (1443)

cust operation (1875)

asynchronous behavior (1624)

dataless clients (1668)

initializing (1706)

managing software (1711)

resource

boot (1680)

dump (1689)

home (1695)

paging (1692)

resolv_conf (1704)

root (1686)

shared_home (1698)

SPOT (1683)

tmp (1701)

resources

optional (1675)

required (1673)

deallocate operation (1878)

default routes

creating (1580)

define

machine group (1456)

resource group (1475)

define operation (1881)

diag operation (1610), (1884)

diagnostics

booting (1606)

loading from network

for diskless and dataless machines (1615)

disk space

planning for master machine (1379)

diskless and dataless

managing software (1709)

diskless and dataless clients

creating resources to support (1417)

migrating (1637)

diskless and dataless tasks

booting diagnostics (1609)

diskless clients (1669)

initializing (1705)

managing software (1710)

resource

boot (1679)

dump (1688)

home (1694)

paging (1691)

resolv_conf (1703)

root (1685)

shared_home (1697)

SPOT (1682)

tmp (1700)

resources

optional (1674)

required (1672)

diskless or dataless client

adding (1421)

initializing and booting (1425)

uninitializing (1429)

distributed resources (1844)

dkls_init operation (1887)

dtls_init operation (1890)

dump resource (1748)

defined (1747)

defining (1750)

overview (1746)

dynamic host configuration protocol

interacting with (1644)

error conditions (1944)

error messages

NIM (1935)

error recovery (1943)

exclude_files (1754)

defined (1753)

defining (1756)

overview (1752)

exporting resources

number of hosts (1622)

FDDI

router (1632)

files

/etc/niminfo (1588)

/usr (1829)

examples

bosinst.data (1966)

definition file for nimdef command (1974)

script resource (1971)

sample (1964)

fix_bundle (1760)

defined (1759)

defining (1762)

overview (1758)

fix_query operation (1893)

fixes

listing for SPOT (1501)

listing for standalone client (1502)

group

resource

allocate (1478)

define (1473)

groups

establishing (1929)

machine (1931)

defining (1454)

resource (1933)

hardware

diagnostics

diskless and dataless (1608)

procedures for (1959)

hardware address

network

determining (1962)

heterogeneous networks

defining (1731)

home resource (1766)

defined (1765)

defining (1768)

overview (1764)

if attribute

creating additional (1563)

if1 attribute (1565)

if2 attribute (1569)

image_data (1772)

defined (1771)

defining (1774)

overview (1770)

initiating

BOOTP request on diskless and dataless systems (1957)

BOOTP request on standalone machine (1955)

installation

master machine (1374)

verifying with lppchk operation (1544)

installation logs

view (1534)

installation resources

creating (1390)

installation tasks

advanced (1441)

installp_bundle (1778)

defined (1777)

defining (1780)

overview (1776)

interface attribute (1562)

creating additional (1564)

introduction to NIM

dataless

definition of (1360)

diskless

definition of (1359)

network objects

definition of (1361)

resources

definition of (1362)

standalone

definition of (1357)

IP address

determining (1720)

IPL ROM

emulation

creating media (1958)

determining if needed (1956)

limitations

version 4.1 and 4.2 (1976)

listing fixes

installed on a SPOT (1504)

installed on a standalone client (1503)

listing information

software in SPOT (1494)

software in standalone client (1498)

listing software updates

installed on a SPOT (1507)

installed on a standalone client (1508)

logs

boot

viewing (1539)

configuration

viewing (1538)

installation

view (1537)

lpp_source (1784)

copying software (1525)

defined (1783)

defining (1786)

maintaining software (1522)

overview (1782)

removing software (1528)

running the check operation (1531)

lppchk operation (1896)

machine

diskless or dataless

initializing and booting (1424)

uninitializing (1428)

machine groups

defining (1455), (1932)

operations (1459), (1464)

machine operations

defined (1850)

list of (1851)

machines (1654)

maint_boot operation (1902)

maint operation (1514), (1899)

asynchronous behavior (1625)

maintain software in SPOT (1516)

maintain software on standalone clients (1515)

maintenance mode

using (1618)

managing software

clients

standalone (1665)

SPOT (1489)

standalone clients (1492)

master

activating (1596)

backing up NIM database (1592)

configuring (1389)

controlling permissions (1377)

disabling push permissions (1448)

installing and configuring (1373)

managing

activate the master (1599)

back up NIM database (1591)

restore NIM database (1598)

removing master fileset (1620)

unconfiguring (1602)

master fileset

removing (1619)

memory

requirements for AIX 5.1 (1977)

messages

NIM error (1939)

NIM warning (1940)

migrating

clients

diskless and dataless (1635)

NIM SPOTs (1636)

mksysb (1790)

alternate disk installation (1432)

defined (1789)

defining (1792)

overview (1788)

source for BOS run-time image (1860)

mksysb install

performing (1401)

name resolution (1630)

network

heterogeneous

defining (1724)

network boot

procedures for (1954)

network booting

clients

standalone (1661)

network hardware address

determining (1961)

procedure for running machine (1963)

network objects

managing

creating interface attributes (1566)

establishing a route between networks (1581)

network types

supported (1716)

networks

ATM (1408)

defining (1718)

defining heterogeneous (1730)

NIM (1712)

NIM

alternate disk installation (1431)

client requests, tuning (1648)

configuration

basic (1381)

error messages (1937)

introduction (1358)

Kerberos 5 (1548)

Kerberos authentication (1547)

machines (1653)

networks (1714)

nimesis daemon (1647)

operations

basic (1380)

overview (1356)

SPOTs

migrating (1638)

warning messages (1938)

NIM attributes (1726)

NIM concepts (1649)

NIM database

backing up (1593)

restoring (1597)

NIM environment (1652)

defining

using the nimdef command (1639)

NIM groups (1930)

NIM master machine (1372)

NIM networks

defining (1717)

IP address

determining (1719)

routes (1721)

types

supported (1715)

NIM object definitions

name requirements (1641)

NIM objects

definitions

name requirements (1642)

NIM operations (1364), (1612)

allocate (1853)

bos_inst (1856)

change (1870)

check (1873)

cust (1876)

deallocate (1879)

define (1882)

diag (1885)

dkls_init (1888)

dtls_init (1891)

fix_query (1894)

lppchk (1897)

maint (1900)

maint_boot (1903)

reboot (1906)

remove (1909)

reset (1912)

select (1915)

showlog (1918)

showres (1921)

sync_roots (1924)

unconfig (1927)

NIM output

suppressing (1627)

NIM resources (1735)

NIM routes (1722)

nim_script resource (1795)

nimclient command (1439), (1556)

nimdef command

NIM environment

defining (1640)

sample definition file (1973)

non-prompted install

performing a (1407)

operations

allocate (1854)

basic (1382)

bos, installing (1365)

bos_inst (1857)

BOS run-time image

selecting source (1863)

change (1871)

check (1874)

client (1434)

cust (1877)

deallocate (1880)

define (1883)

diag (1886)

diagnostics, booting (1369)

diskless and dataless clients, initializing (1371)

dkls_init (1889)

dtls_init (1892)

excluding a group member (1465)

fix_query (1895)

including a group member (1468)

list of (1847)

lppchk (1898)

machine, configuring (1368)

maint (1901)

maint_boot (1904)

maintenance mode, booting (1370)

NIM (1363)

diag (1611)

machine (1848)

performed from client (1436), (1552)

on client machines (1655)

performing (1846)

reboot (1907)

remove (1910)

reset (1913)

select (1916)

showlog (1919)

showres (1922)

software, customizing (1366)

software, maintaining (1367)

sync_roots (1925)

types (1845)

unconfig (1928)

other_net_type attribute (1727)

output, NIM

suppressing (1628)

overview

NIM (1355), (1651)

paging

defined (1797)

overview (1796)

paging resource (1798)

defining (1800)

platforms

hardware (1960)

port conflicts

nimesis daemon (1953)

preserve_res (1868)

problems, recovering from (1945)

procedures

advanced configuration (1558)

adding another network type (1733)

backup up the NIM database (1595)

booting diagnostics (1614)

booting in maintenance mode (1617)

creating additional interface attributes (1571)

defining a heterogeneous network (1728)

defining an lpp_source on CD-ROM vs. Disk (1576)

establishing a default route (1578)

establishing a static route (1583)

recovering the /etc/niminfo file (1590)

removing machines from the NIM environment (1560)

restoring the database and activating the master (1601)

unconfiguring the master (1605)

advanced installation

adding new members (1460)

allocating a resource group (1481)

controlling the master or client (1446)

copying software to an lpp_source (1526)

defining a machine group (1457)

defining a resource group (1476)

defining default resource groups (1484)

excluding a group member (1466)

including a group member (1469)

listing software in a SPOT (1495)

listing software on a standalone client (1499)

listing software updates by keyword (1509)

maintaining software in an lpp_source (1523)

maintaining software on a SPOT (1517)

removing members (1462)

removing software from an lpp_source (1529)

resetting machines (1450)

running the NIM check operation (1532)

standalone clients and SPOT resources, managing software (1486)

using clients as resource servers (1452)

verifying installation with lppchk operation (1546)

viewing logs (1540)

advanced installation, managing software

rebuilding network boot images for a SPOT (1520)

basic configuration

creating basic installation resources (1388)

basic operations and configuration

adding a diskless or dataless client (1419)

adding a standalone client (1392)

clients and SPOT resources, customizing (1413)

configuring the master (1387)

creating resources to support diskless/dataless clients (1416)

diskless or dataless machine, initializing and booting (1423)

diskless or dataless machine, uninitializing (1427)

mksysb install, performing (1400)

non-prompted install (1406)

rte install, performing an (1397)

SPOT-copy install, performing a (1403)

defining /usr vs. non-/usr SPOTs (1573)

push permissions

enabling and disabling (1376)

master

disabling (1449)

reboot operation (1905)

recovery (1942)

remove operation (1908)

reset operation (1911)

resolv_conf

defined (1803)

defining (1806)

overview (1802)

resolv_conf resource (1804)

resource

boot

diskless/dataless (1678)

dump

diskless/dataless (1687)

home

diskless/dataless (1693)

paging

diskless/dataless (1690)

resolv_conf

diskless/dataless (1702)

root

diskless/dataless (1684)

shared_home

diskless/dataless (1696)

SPOT

diskless/dataless (1681)

tmp

diskless/dataless (1699)

resource group

allocate (1479)

define (1474)

resource groups

allocating resources (1471)

defining (1934)

defining default (1483)

resources (1734)

AIX Version 4.1 spots

network boot images (1832)

AIX Version 4.2 spots

network boot images (1833)

AIX Version 4.3 and later spots (1834)

boot (1738)

bosinst_data (1743)

defining (1745)

clients and SPOT

customizing (1414)

distributed (1843)

dump (1749)

defining (1751)

exclude_files (1755)

defining (1757)

exporting

number of hosts (1623)

fix_bundle (1761)

defining (1763)

home (1767)

defining (1769)

image_data (1773)

defining (1775)

installp_bundle (1779)

defining (1781)

list of (1736)

lpp_source (1785)

defining (1787)

mksysb (1791)

defining (1793)

nim_script (1794)

operations

list of (1737)

paging (1799)

defining (1801)

resolv_conf (1805)

defining (1807)

root (1810)

defining (1812)

script (1816)

defining (1818)

shared_home (1822)

defining (1824)

shared product object tree (1831)

SPOT (1830)

defining (1836)

tmp (1840)

defining (1842)

resources, NIM

reducing space requirements (1629)

root directory

creating file resources (1645)

root resource (1809)

defined (1808)

defining (1811)

router

booting over (1633)

routes (1723)

creating a default (1579)

creating a static (1585)

rsh command (1375)

rte

source for BOS run-time image (1862)

rte install

performing (1398)

run-time image (1858)

sample files (1965)

bosinst.data (1968)

nimdef command

definition file (1972)

script resource (1970)

script (1815)

defined (1814)

defining (1817)

overview (1813)

script resource

sample file (1969)

select operation (1914)

shared_home

defining (1823)

overview (1819)

shared_home resource (1821)

defined (1820)

shared product object tree (1827)

showlog operation (1917)

showres operation (1920)

software

listing for SPOT (1493)

listing for standalone client (1497)

software updates

listing for SPOT (1505)

listing for standalone client (1506)

SPOT

defined (1826)

defining (1835)

maintaining software (1512)

managing software (1488)

overview (1825)

resources (1574)

source for BOS run-time image (1861)

updating (1646)

SPOT-copy install

performing (1404)

standalone client operations (1551)

standalone clients (1553), (1659)

adding (1394)

maintaining software (1513)

managing software (1491), (1664)

network booting (1662)

standalone machines

determining control (1444)

static routes

creating (1584)

suppressing

NIM output (1626)

sync_roots operation (1923)

tasks

installation

advanced (1440)

tmp resource (1839)

defined (1838)

defining (1841)

overview (1837)

troubleshooting

introduction (1941)

network boot problem (1946)

client and server, establishing network communication (1947)

obtaining the boot image from the server (1948)

running the boot image on the client (1949)

producing debug output (1950)

producing debug output from

a network boot image (1951)

BOS install program (1952)

troubleshooting procedures

recovering /etc/niminfo file (1586)

unconfig operation (1926)

unconfiguring

master (1603)

warning messages

NIM (1936)