Originally posted by: GurpreetSingh

Hi Guys,

I want to execute a script from NIM server to NIM client (Pushing and execute). I defined the script resource on NIM master but dont know how to push it NIM client and execute in there. Any idea how to do this?

THanks & Regards,
Gurpreet

Originally posted by: Kosala

This might not be the best method, but you can create a package with your executable and then specify the command as a post installation script. But this can get dirty.

Kosala

Originally posted by: GurpreetSingh

Hi Kosala/Friends,

I understood actually I have to check the data flow from NIM server to other servers, any Idea what could be other approach.

Thanks & Regards,
Gurpreet Singh

Originally posted by: gcorneau

One option is to utilize the dsh (distributed shell, a parallel remote shell command that can be configured to use rsh/ssh) and dcp (distributed copy, can be used to copy the script to the client machines) that are available with the csm.dsh fileset that comes with AIX.

Don't let the csm name in the filesets fool you, you don't need a CSM managed environment to use those commands.

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Glen Corneau
IBM Power Systems Advanced Technical Skills

Originally posted by: Kosala

Actually I myself use ssh to execute scripts on multiple machines. I use a variant like following:

1. cat my_script | ssh user@host_name ksh

And some times I pipe the script to bash as well, depending on what I want to achieve. If you have a password less ssh setup from NIM master to clients, this can be easily done with a for loop.

Kosala

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi,

You can use this: /usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/m_cust -a script=+NIM_Script+ Server

It works without problems from years at my office. I use it in this kind of script:
for mac in `lsnim -tstandalone | awk '{print $1}' | sort`
do
echo $mac
/usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/m_cust -a script=NIM_Script $mac
echo " "
done