Advanced NIM Configuration Tasks

This chapter describes the following procedures for performing advanced Network Installation Management (NIM) configuration tasks using the Web-based System Manager NIM application or the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT), as well as from the command line:

• Removing Machines from the NIM Environment
• Creating Additional Interface Attributes
• Defining /usr versus non-/usr SPOTs
• Re-Creating SPOT Resources from Existing Directories
• Defining an lpp_source on CD-ROM versus Disk
• Establishing a Default NIM Route Between Networks
• Establishing a Static NIM Route Between Networks
• Recovering the /etc/niminfo File
• Backing Up the NIM Database
• Restoring the NIM Database and Activating the NIM Master
• Unconfiguring the NIM Master
• Booting Diagnostics
• Booting in Maintenance Mode