Naming NIM object definitions
The name that you give a NIM object will be used in all future operations involving that object. This name must be unique among NIM objects, and it must adhere to certain restrictions.
- It must have between 1 and 39 characters.
- Valid NIM name
characters include the uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet, the
numbers 0-9, hyphen (
-
), exclamation mark (!
), and the underscore character (_
). - Invalid NIM name characters include the dot character, all shell metacharacters, all file system metacharacters, and all regular expression metacharacters.