Question & Answer
Question
After upgrading my NIM Master to 7300-03-01 / 7200-05-10 (Build Date 2520), why are certain NIM functions erroring?
(examples below)
o Running a 'niminit' operation from a NIM client
0042-006 nimclient: (To_Master) rcmd A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
o Attempting to remove a SPOT resource from a NIM master
0042-006 m_rmspot: (To_Master) rcmd The socket name is already in use.
(There may be other operations which produce similar errors)
Cause
Build Date 2520 provides the APAR resolution to CVE-2024-56346, CVE-2024-56347
The changes made to nimesis also now require an additional field in the NIM master's /etc/niminfo file which is not added with the 2520 build date update.
Answer
Backup and recreate the /etc/niminfo file on the master.
# mv /etc/niminfo /etc/niminfo.backup
# nimconfig -r
# stopsrc -s nimesis
# startsrc -s nimesis
# cat /etc/niminfo
# nimconfig -r
# stopsrc -s nimesis
# startsrc -s nimesis
# cat /etc/niminfo
There will be a new entry which will reflect the "enabled / disabled" status of the NIM_SSL feature.
export NIM_SSL_STATUS=disabled
export NIM_SSL_STATUS=disabled
[{"Type":"MASTER","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB08","label":"Cognitive Systems"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SWG10","label":"AIX"},"ARM Category":[{"code":"a8m0z000000cvz2AAA","label":"Install-\u003ENIM"}],"ARM Case Number":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"}],"Version":"5.3.0;6.1.0;7.1.0;7.2.0;7.3.0"}]
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Modified date:
21 August 2025
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