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

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Follow this procedure for using a mksysb image to install the base operating system on a NIM client that uses SMIT.

  1. If the mksysb resource has already been created, skip to step 6. Otherwise, to create the mksysb resource, enter the smit nim_mkres fast path.
  2. Select 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 mksysb resource.
  4. If the mksysb image does not exist, create it by supplying the values for the fields under System Backup Image Creation Options.
    Note: If the 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 mksysb resource.
  5. Upon successful completion of this task, exit SMIT.
  6. To use the mksysb resource to install a NIM client, enter the smit nim_bosinst fast path.
  7. Select a TARGET for the operation.
  8. Select mksysb as the installation TYPE.
  9. Select the MKSYSB to use for the installation.
  10. Select the SPOT to use for the installation.
  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. To add additional filesets, supply the fileset name manually in the Additional FILESETS to install dialog. Do not use the F4 key to list the filesets.
  12. Run the SMIT dialog to install the NIM client.
  13. If the client machine being installed is not already a running, configured NIM 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 nonprompted installation, follow the instructions in Performing a nonprompted BOS installation to complete the prerequisite tasks.