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The primary goal of this course is to provide the student with a working knowledge of the fundamental capabilities of the Network Installation Manager (NIM) facility of the AIX 6 operating system. This course uses a combination of instructor lecture and machine exercises to provide the student with practical background knowledge of the topics covered.

Learn the fundamental capabilities of the Network Installation Manager (NIM) facility of the AIX 6 operating system.

This course is appropriate for anyone with system administrative duties installing and managing an AIX operating system in a multiuser POWER (System p) environment.

Students should have:

Basic AIX systems administration skills and be able to use HMC V7 to manage POWER-based managed systems

These skills may be obtained by attending:

Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (AN11)
Power Systems for AIX II: AIX Implementation and Administration(AN12)

Explain key NIM concepts and terminology
Display NIM-related information
Set up a NIM master
Perform a base AIX (RTE) install
Define and use several types of NIM objects
Perform an automated install
Create and use mksysb resources
Maintain lpp_source and SPOT resources
Update NIM clients

Day 1

Unit 1 - NIM overview
Exercise 1 - NIM overview
Unit 2 - Setting up the master
Exercise 2 - Setting up the NIM master
Unit 3 - RTE installation
Exercise 3 - RTE installation
Unit 4 - Customizing install operations
Exercise 4 - Customizing install operations

Day 2

Unit 5 - NIM backups and restores
Exercise 5 - NIM backups and restores
Unit 6 - Managing key NIM resources
Exercise 6 - Managing key NIM resources
Unit 7 - Client updates
Exercise 7 - Client updates

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