Using an ios_mksysb image to install the base operating system on a NIM client using SMIT

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Follow this procedure for using an ios_mksysb image to install the base operating system on a NIM VIOS management client using SMIT.

  1. If the ios_mksysb resource has already been created, skip to step 6. Otherwise, to create the ios_mksysb resource, enter the smit nim_mkres fast path.
  2. Select ios_mksysb from the list of resource types that can be defined.
  3. In the displayed dialogs, supply the values for the required fields. Use the help information and the LIST option to help you specify the correct values for defining your ios_mksysb resource.
  4. If the ios_mksysb image does not exist, create it by supplying the values for the fields under System Backup Image Creation Options.
    Note: If the ios_mksysb image already exists as a file on the hard disk of the NIM master or client, no additional information is needed to define your ios_mksysb resource.
  5. Upon successful completion of this task, exit SMIT.
  6. To use the ios_mksysb resource to install a NIM client, enter the smit nim_mgmt_obj_op fast path.
  7. Select a TARGET for the operation.
  8. Select bos_inst for the operation to perform.
  9. In the displayed dialog MKSYSB field, select the ios_mksysb resource.
  10. In the displayed dialog SPOT field, select the SPOT to use for the installation. The SPOT must be one created from the ios_mksysb resource.
  11. In the displayed dialog fields, supply the correct values for the installation options or accept the default values. Use the help information or the LIST option to help you. Specify the name of the fileset manually in the "Additional FILESETS to install" dialog for corrective installation.
    Note: Do not press the F4 key to view the LIST options.
  12. Run the SMIT dialog to install the NIM VIOS client.
  13. If the VIOS client machine being installed is not already a running, configured NIM VIOS client, NIM will not automatically reboot the machine over the network for installation. If the client was not rebooted automatically from SMIT, initiate a network boot from the client to install it. If you are booting from a network device, follow the procedures in your hardware documentation to perform the network boot.
  14. After the machine boots over the network, the display on the client machine will begin prompting for information about how to configure the machine during installation. Specify the requested information to continue with the installation.
    Note: To perform a non-prompted installation, follow the instructions in Performing a nonprompted BOS installation to complete the prerequisite tasks.