Using the NIM lppmgr operation

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The NIM lppmgr operation helps to manage base installation images and update images in an lpp_source.

Although the lppmgr command is a separate command, it does use NIM objects as parameters. By having the lppmgr operation in NIM, the lppmgr command is called by NIM to be executed on lpp_source resources on other servers, and allows NIM to do sufficient checking of the lpp_source before and after lppmgr is executed. The format of the operation will be as follows:

The format of the command is as follows: 
nim -o lppmgr -a lppmgr_flags=<flags> <lpp_source_object>

The NIM lppmgr operation is also available in SMIT using the nim_lppmgr fast path.

The lppmgr operation does not check the lppmgr_flags attribute for conflicts.

Note: Do not use the -p flag for prompting to move or remove installation images.
To list the names of duplicate filesets which should be removed with space usage information, type the following: 
nim -o lppmgr -a lppmgr_flags="-lsb" lpp_source1