Creating a SPOT resource from the mksysb resource with SMIT or from a command line

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To create a SPOT from the mksysb on the command line, set the source attribute to the name of the mksysb resource you want to create the SPOT from.

If the mksysb resource is called "mksysb1," you would use the following command to create a SPOT called "spot1" served by the Network Installation Manager (NIM) master:

nim -o define -t spot -a source=mksysb1 -a server=master -a location=/export/spot spot1

To create a SPOT from a mksysb with SMIT, you can use fast paths nim_mkres_spot_only and nim_mkres. When the source attribute is expanded, all available mksysb resources, as well as other sources, are displayed as possible sources for the creation of a SPOT.

Limitation: When NIM creates the SPOT from the mksysb resource, the SPOT size cannot be calculated because the image.data size in the mksysb resource does not reflect the files that are being extracted from the mksysb resource. NIM cannot determine the accurate size to increase the file system to store the mksysb SPOT. Ensure that there is a buffer size of 1-2 GB in the file system to create the mksysb SPOT.