Creating An Lpp Source And Spot

The lpp_source is a library of the images that can be installed.

The spot is what controls the install on to the remote box.
1. As root, create a directory to hold the lpp_source.
cd /export/lpp_source
mkdir lpp_source_name
(Note the name as you will be using it later.)
In our example, we are creating "lpp_source_aix53_tl5".
mkdir lpp_source_aix53_tl5
2. Start up nim:
smitty nim
The "Network Installation Management" menu will appear.

3. In it, select:
Perform NIM Administration Tasks
The "Perform NIM Administration Tasks" menu will appear.

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4. In it, select:
Manage Resources
The "Manage Resources" menu will appear.

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5. In it, select:
Define a Resource
The "Resource Type" submenu will appear.

6. In it, select:
lpp_source
The "Define a Resource" menu will appear.

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7. In it, we want to fill out 4 fields:

i) Resource Name: This is the name that will appear in smitty menues, and
the name you would enter if running commands on the command line.
For it, enter:
the last part of the directory name in step 1 above
In our example:
lpp_source_aix53_tl5
ii) Server of Resource: This is the machine on which the lpp source will
reside.
We want the lpp source to be on this nim master.
Therefore, enter:
master
iii) Location of Resource: This is the directory in which the lpp source will
reside on the machine.
Enter:
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The full path name from step 1
Example:
/export/lpp_source/lpp_source_aix53_tl5
iv) Source of Install Images: This is from where we are going to pull the files
in order to create the lpp source.
Enter:
mount point of CD Rom
(This assumes that the CD is in the drive, and mounted.)
Example:
/cdrom
Our example looks like this:

Hit:
Enter
8) The command will process, and eventually come back with "OK".

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9. Get to the command line by hitting:

F10 (or Esc+0)
10. On the command line, you can optionally check to see that the lpp
source was created by:
ls -l /export/lpp_source/lpp_source_name
Example:
# ls -l /export/lpp_source/lpp_source_aix53_tl5
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root
system
256 Oct 11 21:28 RPMS
drwxr-xr-x 3 root
system
256 Oct 11 21:28 installp
drwxr-xr-x 3 root
system
256 Oct 11 21:28 usr
#
11. We are now going to create the spot. Unlike the lpp source, we do not
need to create a directory ahead of time for the spot. "smitty nim" will take
care of this for us.
12. On the command line, type:
smitty nim
The "Network Installation Management" menu will appear.

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13. In it, select:

Perform NIM Administration Tasks
The "Perform NIM Administration Tasks" menu will appear.

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14. In it, select:
Manage Resources
The "Manage Resources" menu will appear.

15. In it, select:

Define a Resource
The "Resource Type" submenu will appear.

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16. In it, select:

spot (Near the bottom of the list)
The "Define a Resource" menu will appear.

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17. In it, we want to fill out 4 fields:
i) Resource Name: This is the name that will appear in smitty menues, and
the name you would enter if running commands on the command line.
For it, enter:
a name similar to the lpp source but beginning with "spot"
In our example:
spot_aix53_tl5
ii) Server of Resource: This is the machine on which the spot
will reside.
We want the spot to be on this nim master. Therefore, enter:
master
iii) Source of Install Images: This is from where we are going to pull the files
in order to create the lpp source.
Hit F4 (or Esc+4) and choose the lpp source you just created from
the submenu that appears. (See screen capture below.)

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iv) Location of Resource: This is the directory in which the spot will reside on
the machine.
Enter:
/export/spot
(Please note: "smitty nim" will create the subdirectory automatically for us
unlike when we created the lpp source.)
Our example ends up looking like this:

Hit:
Enter
18. The command will process, and come back with "OK".

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19. Get to the command line by hitting:

F10 (or Esc+0)
20. On the command line, you can optionally check to see that the spot was
created by:
ls -l /export/spot/spot_name
Example:
# ls -l /export/spot/spot_aix53_tl5
total 72
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root
system
5670 Jun 14 2005 bosinst.data
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root
system
14410 Mar 28 2006 image.data
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root
system
5173 Jul 06 2006 lpp_name
drwxr-xr-x 24 bin
bin
4096 Oct 12 17:26 usr
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