Updating existing clients and resources
To use an existing NIM environment, update the clients
and resources through the NIM Management Dashboard.
About this task The NIM Management Dashboard allows all updates to be performed
together in a single action or independently as separate actions. Updating the NIM lpp_source resource The lpp_source resource is a directory with a collection of filesets that are used for the NIM update actions. Update the lpp_source resource to make the new installation files available to the NIM master and NIM clients.
Updating NIM SPOT resource The NIM Management Dashboard helps you to create Fixlets that you can use to update the NIM SPOT resource through the NIM master.
Updating the NIM master The operating system of the NIM master must always be at the same or later version than all NIM clients it manages. Attempts to update NIM clients to a version later than the NIM master would fail.
Updating the NIM clients Updating the NIM Client installs the latest filesets from the specified lpp_source resource on the NIM client.
Updating a system from a NIM client The NIM Management Dashboard helps you to create Fixlets that you can use to update an AIX system from a NIM client.
Rebuilding the NIM master configuration file The NIM Management Dashboard provides a task to rebuild the /etc/niminfo file on the targeted NIM master servers.
Rebuilding the NIM client configuration file The NIM Management Dashboard helps you create a Fixlet to connect to the NIM master to rebuild the /etc/niminfo file on a NIM client.
Synchronizing the date and time The NIM Management Dashboard provides a task to synchronize the date and time on the targeted NIM client systems with the NIM master that they are registered to.
Enabling or disabling push permissions The NIM Management Dashboard provides tasks that you can use to enable the NIM master to remotely run commands on the NIM client.
Have feedback? Accept All Cookies or Allow All in Cookie Preferences in the footer of this page.