mksysb
) of an existing bio-machine.
This must reside on some NIM installation server in the RZ,
currently
clri6l.gsi.de, 140.181.98.69.Also SPOTs must exist of current base OS CDs, in case additional device drivers are needed for machines with different hardware. A new machine must have a host name and an IP address assigned. For machines with pre-installed operating systems you might choose the easier NIM client triggered cloning, whereas pristine machines must clone from ground up.
rootvg
will require a 2-disk target system as well
(or you have to "break" the mirror before creating the clone image).
mksysb
and spot
is available and allocated.
mv /etc/niminfo /etc/niminfo.save
smitty - nim - Configure Network Installation Management Client Filesetand fill the mandatory fields
smitty - nim - Manage Network Install Resource Allocation - Allocate ...select the appropriate
spot
and mksysb
smitty - nim - Perform a NIM Client Operationselect
bosinst
, mksysb
and, important,
set ACCEPT licenses
to yes
smitty
to get rid of the superfluous one)
gsi.de
)
lscfg -vThe output should contain sth like:
Display Configuration
menu.
Utilities/RIPL/Config
menu and proceed to the menu which allows
to insert the IP addresses as above.
As of May 2006, the subnet mask is 255.255.192.0
.
Adapter parameters should be 10 / Half Duplex
.
Try a ping
to be sure
the NIM server is reachable.
Boot
menu and select the Ethernet adapter
as a boot device.
ping
to be sure
the NIM server is reachable.
By experience the network adapters should be configured "100Mb"
and "auto" negotiation.
Boot
menu and select the Ethernet adapter
as a boot device.
dosformator
mformat).
biori6k
, biori6n
do not use the "integrated"
adapter (ent0
) but the extra ent2
.
Insert the network addresses as above and press F3 to reboot (with the SMS diskette inserted).
Proceed as suggested. From this point on the NIM process works as described in the previous items.
bootlist -m normal hdisky hdiskxwhere
hdisky
is the original and hdiskx
the
mirrored disk volume.