Using the live_update_data resource

A live_update_data resource represents a file that contains information for the AIX Live Update operation.

A Live Update operation requires a file that contains information about the client partition, such as the logical partition identifier, the mode to run the Live Update operation, the disk information that the client is running on, and so on.

A live_update_data resource can be allocated to a standalone machine as part of the cust operation.

A sample lvupdate.data file (SPOT_Offset /var/adm/ras/liveupdate/lvupdate.template) is located on the shared product object tree (SPOT) resource server.

When you run a Live Update operation, the NIM master sends the client's system information to authenticate the NIM client. This information can be encrypted by installing the openssl.base fileset, and by running the nimconfig -c command on the NIM master and the nimclient -c command on the NIM client.