About This Book

How-To's for AIX Installation Tasks

How-To's for Base Operating System Installation Tasks

Perform a New and Complete Overwrite Base Operating System Installation from CD

Perform a Migration Base Operating System Installation from CD

Perform a Non-Prompted New and Complete Overwrite Base Operating System Installation from CD

Create and Install a Software Bundle

Add Open Source Applications to Your AIX System

Clone a rootvg Using Alternate Disk Installation

Configure NIM Using EZNIM

Install a Client Using NIM

Create a System Backup to Tape

Clone a System Using a System Backup Tape

Clean Up a Failed Software Installation

Operating System and Optional Software Installation

What's New in Base Operating System Installation and Software Installation?

Introduction to Base Operating System Installation

Installation Options

New and Complete Overwrite Installation / Preservation Installation

Migration Installation

Configuring the Operating System

Customized BOS Installations

The bosinst.data File

Optional Software Products and Service Updates

AIX Documentation and the Documentation Library Service

Creating and Installing System Backups

Alternate Disk Installation

Software Product Packaging Concepts

Troubleshooting Operating System and Optional Software Installation

Network Installation

What's New in Network Installation Management (NIM)?

Network Installation Management Introduction

NIM Task Roadmap

EZNIM

Basic NIM Operations and Configuration

Advanced NIM Installation Tasks

Advanced NIM Configuration Tasks

Additional Topics

Network Installation Management Concepts

Sample Files

Error and Warning Messages

Network Installation Management Troubleshooting

Appendixes

Appendix A. Network Boot

Appendix B. Notices

Glossary

Index