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Simplifying AIX Live Update with PowerVC
Starting with AIX Version 7.2, the AIX operating system provides the Live Update function which eliminates downtime required when patching the AIX operating system kernel. Your application workloads are not stopped, yet they can take advantage of the new fixes immediately after the Live Update operation, without a reboot. Administrators can use the Live Update feature to install AIX interim fixes, service packs and technology levels. In a nutshell, Live Update allows AIX administrators to install AIX updates in-place, but instead of... [More]
Tags: 7.2 blog openstack pvcauth powervc aix live update novalink hmc tl2 power8 chris vios cloud geninstall powervm gibson power |
Updating your NIM master to AIX 7.1 TL2? Take note!
After
updating my NIM master to AIX 7.1 TL2 SP1 (7100-02-01-1245), I noticed a
problem. Whenever I installed a new AIX partition using NIM, the resources
allocated to the NIM client were not being de-allocated, even though the installation was completing successfully. Also,
if I tried to run my usual ‘NIM client reset’ script (below), the resources
were still allocated. #!/usr/bin/ksh # Reset a
NIM client. if [[
"$1" = "" ]] ; then echo Please specify a NIM client to reset
e.g. aixlpar1. else if lsnim -l $1... [More]
Tags: nim not working tl2 issue 7.1 chris_gibson aix resources de-allocate |
