Forsythe Talks - NIM 101 - February 21, 2013




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In this set of videos, Jaqui provides an introduction to basic NIM (Network Installation Manager) for AIX. The session will cover how to setup a basic NIM server in order to use NIM to provision LPARs or servers. There will also be a discussion on setting up and using FBO (file backed optical) to supplement NIM and the use of techniques such as NIMADM and alternate disk install as well as integration with VIO servers.

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NIM 101 Part 1 - Slides 1-10 - 12m34s - 20.95MB
Introduction, basics and resources

NIM 101 part 2 - Slides 11-23 - 13m56s - 23.03MB
Resources, setup and mksysb install

NIM 101 Part 3 - Slides 24-39 - 11m53s - 19.24MB
NIM commands, installs, backups and restores of NIM

NIM 101 Part 4 - Slides 40-57 - 12m32s - 22.32MB
Migrations, updates, NIMADM, NIM Alt Clone, Alternate disk install, VIOS and NIM, references