After you convert a /usr file system
to a SPOT, it is not recommended that you use the installp command
to install or maintain software on the machine serving the SPOT.
The diskless and dataless clients
and network boot images associated with the SPOT will not be
updated by the installp command unless it is invoked
using NIM's cust or maint operations. If you need to
use the installp command to install or maintain
software on a /usr SPOT server, use the following steps:
- Ensure that all NIM operations on the
server and any clients associated with the SPOT are complete.
- Deallocate the SPOT from all
standalone clients.
- Run the installp command.
- Run the check operation on the SPOT after
the installp command has completed:
nim -o check -F usrSPOTName
Note: The -F flag
is required for rebuilding the boot images.
- If this SPOT is being used to
serve diskless or dataless clients, resynchronize all diskless and
dataless clients with the SPOT after the installp command
completes by issuing the nim command with the sync_roots operation
for the /usr SPOT:
nim -o sync_roots usrSPOTName
nim -o check -F usrSPOTName
The cust and maint operations
must be used to manage software installed on non-/usr SPOTs.