0042-358 niminit: The connect attribute may only be assigned a service value of "shell" or "nimsh".
I was working at a client site today, on a NIM master that I
configured a month or so ago. I was there to install the TSM backup client
software on about 30 or so LPARs. Of course I was going to use NIM to
accomplish this task. The software install via NIM worked for the majority of the LPARs
but I noticed a few of them were failing. This was very odd, as the last time
I’d use the same NIM method to install software, everything was fine. I suspected that perhaps something had changed on the client
LPARs...maybe with their /etc/niminfo... [More]
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Experience with RootVG WPARs
I finally got access to a system where I could test RootVG WPARs
a little more extensively than I have in the past. If you are not sure what a RootVG WPAR is then I suggest you
take a look at the following IBM documentation: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v6r1/topic/com.ibm.aix.wpar/rootvg-wpars.htm I performed the following test today, just to prove a theory. The
result was interesting, so I thought I would share it with you on my blog. First, I started with an AIX 7.1 (7100-00-01-1037) system that
had one spare vscsi... [More]
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