Trying a new method of creating the lpp and spot resources for NIM.
Some here a few months ago suggested creating a directory each for
the BOS, and each maintenance level. I've done that and then created
the hard-links between the files in those directories to another
directory. Then I've told NIM to create a lpp_source from the fourth
directory. That NIM process has been running for six hours and
shows no signs of ending soon. Any thoughts on this? If its still
running tomorrow I'll stop the process and create the lpp_source
from the single BOS directory, then I'll 'update_all' for each
of the maintenance level directories... then I'll create the spot.

Mike

Hi Mike,

"Mike" <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:100ooenn702opc3@corp.supernews.com...
> Trying a new method of creating the lpp and spot resources for NIM.
> Some here a few months ago suggested creating a directory each for
> the BOS, and each maintenance level. I've done that and then created
> the hard-links between the files in those directories to another
> directory. Then I've told NIM to create a lpp_source from the fourth
> directory. That NIM process has been running for six hours and
> shows no signs of ending soon. Any thoughts on this? If its still
> running tomorrow I'll stop the process and create the lpp_source
> from the single BOS directory, then I'll 'update_all' for each
> of the maintenance level directories... then I'll create the spot.

what version and level of AIX is the lpp_source and SPOT you want to
create?
How do you want to create it (smitty, wsm or commandline)?
is there any output of lsnim or any output in the nim logfiles??

regards

volker

>
> Mike

In article <400cbf0b$0$24655$9b4e6d93@newsread2.arcor-online.net>, Volker wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> "Mike" <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:100ooenn702opc3@corp.supernews.com...
>> Trying a new method of creating the lpp and spot resources for NIM.
>> Some here a few months ago suggested creating a directory each for
>> the BOS, and each maintenance level. I've done that and then created
>> the hard-links between the files in those directories to another
>> directory. Then I've told NIM to create a lpp_source from the fourth
>> directory. That NIM process has been running for six hours and
>> shows no signs of ending soon. Any thoughts on this? If its still
>> running tomorrow I'll stop the process and create the lpp_source
>> from the single BOS directory, then I'll 'update_all' for each
>> of the maintenance level directories... then I'll create the spot.
>
> what version and level of AIX is the lpp_source and SPOT you want to
> create?
> How do you want to create it (smitty, wsm or commandline)?
> is there any output of lsnim or any output in the nim logfiles??

The base version is 5.2.0 with maintenance levels 5.2.1 and 5.2.2.
There is no output, it just doesn't finish. It ran all night and
didn't finish. Now we're trying the other way creating the lpp_source
from the base 5.2.0, then updating using the two maintenance levels,
but the initial base creation fails wanting mkisofs and cdrecord.
I'm using smitty to create all this. Any ideas?

Mike

Hi Mike - i've seen that it's important when setting up NIM with AIX5
that you reference the root directory of where the AIX products are
extraced from the CD.

For example, if you extract the products from the AIX cd to /aix5 you
will see the following directories:

/aix5/RPMS
/aix5/installp
/aix5/usr

When you specify the resource location for a lppsource make sure you
specify /aix5 and not the /aix5/installp location. I received the
same errors you mentioned when I didn't do that. The mkiofs and
cdrecord products are located in the RPMS dir.

Hope it helps.


Mike <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> wrote in message news:<100qckgo59a9se8@corp.supernews.com>...
> In article <400cbf0b$0$24655$9b4e6d93@newsread2.arcor-online.net>, Volker wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > "Mike" <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:100ooenn702opc3@corp.supernews.com...
> >> Trying a new method of creating the lpp and spot resources for NIM.
> >> Some here a few months ago suggested creating a directory each for
> >> the BOS, and each maintenance level. I've done that and then created
> >> the hard-links between the files in those directories to another
> >> directory. Then I've told NIM to create a lpp_source from the fourth
> >> directory. That NIM process has been running for six hours and
> >> shows no signs of ending soon. Any thoughts on this? If its still
> >> running tomorrow I'll stop the process and create the lpp_source
> >> from the single BOS directory, then I'll 'update_all' for each
> >> of the maintenance level directories... then I'll create the spot.
> >
> > what version and level of AIX is the lpp_source and SPOT you want to
> > create?
> > How do you want to create it (smitty, wsm or commandline)?
> > is there any output of lsnim or any output in the nim logfiles??
>
> The base version is 5.2.0 with maintenance levels 5.2.1 and 5.2.2.
> There is no output, it just doesn't finish. It ran all night and
> didn't finish. Now we're trying the other way creating the lpp_source
> from the base 5.2.0, then updating using the two maintenance levels,
> but the initial base creation fails wanting mkisofs and cdrecord.
> I'm using smitty to create all this. Any ideas?
>
> Mike