Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Greetings,
Ive installed AIX 61 and now Im attempting to set up NIM by following these steps:
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1010383
Im following the full manual setup of NIM from that link:
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1010383

Everything goes well until it is time to create SPOT resource.

This fails with this error:
from /var/adm/ras/nimlog:

<Fri Jan 6 15:28:22 CST 2012> <master> <2556184> <0042-053 m_mkspot: there is no NIM object named "">
<Fri Jan 6 15:28:22 CST 2012> <master> <3080572> <0042-001 nim: processing error encountered on "master":
0042-053 m_mkspot: there is no NIM object named ""

Im not sure which NIM object Im missing as there is no info from the error, just an empty string.

This happens if I run the SPOT create via SMIT or CLI.

There's no other info in nimlog that seems to be of any help.

Any ideas????
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Originally posted by: Kosala

What command or the menu option do you use to create the SPOT?

Kosala
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Kosala,
thanks for the reply.
Ive tried to create SPOT via CLI,
nim -o define -t spot -a server=master -a source=6100_lpp -a location=/eme/nim/spot -a auto_expand=yes -a comments='6100 spot' 6100_spot

and also via SMIT

1. smitty nim_mkres

-or-

1. smitty nim

=> Perform NIM Administration Tasks => Manage Resources => Define a Resource
Next you select “SPOT” as the resource type.

• Resource Name 6100_spot
• Resource Type spot
• Server of Resource master
• Source of Install Images 6100_lpp
• Location of Resource [/eme/nim/spot]

Expand file systems if space needed? Yes
Comments 6100 spot

both end with the same error
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Kosala,
thanks for the reply.
Ive tried to create SPOT via CLI,
nim -o define -t spot -a server=master -a source=6100_lpp -a location=/eme/nim/spot -a auto_expand=yes -a comments='6100 spot' 6100_spot

and also via SMIT

1. smitty nim_mkres

-or-

1. smitty nim

=> Perform NIM Administration Tasks => Manage Resources => Define a Resource
Next you select “SPOT” as the resource type.

• Resource Name 6100_spot
• Resource Type spot
• Server of Resource master
• Source of Install Images 6100_lpp
• Location of Resource [/eme/nim/spot]

Expand file systems if space needed? Yes
Comments 6100 spot

both end with the same error
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I just needed to upgrade to
bos.sysmgt.nim.master 6.1.7.0
bos.sysmgt.nim.spot 6.1.7.0
bos.sys mgt.nim.client 6.1.7.0

now SPOT create works using CLI:
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