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]

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