Originally posted by: franabulax

I'm trying to initiate a mksysb from my nim master.

I used the command:

nim -o define -t mksysb -a server=master -a source=duck -a mk_image=yes -a location=/export/images/mksysb.duck mksysb_duck

/export/images exists and /export is mountable from master onto duck

When the file /export/images/mksysb.duck does not exist, nim says that's an error, and it should exist.

Ok, so I touch /export/images/mksysb.duck and re-run

Nim says that the file /export/images/mksysb.duck has a type of S_IFREG but it wants S_IFDIR

So I rm /export/images/mksysb.duck and mkdir /export/images/mksysb.duck and re-run the command

Now Nim says that the file must be a regular file and not a directory.

This seems like a bit of a catch-22. Is this a bug or did I get up too early this morning?

Both machines are AIX 6.1

Clues would be gratefully received.

Thanks!
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Originally posted by: esv

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I used the command:

nim -o define -t mksysb -a server=master -a source=duck -a mk_image=yes -a location=/export/images/mksysb.duck mksysb_duck

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I have not played yet with 6.1's NIM yet but in 5.3 and before your command seems to be wrong.

first, I don't see a source option for the define operation, that might have been added in 6.1. use : lsnim -q define -t mksysb to verify if source is part of the options.

next, it seems to indicate that the mksysb file exists on system duck and that system is going to be used as NFS server, the NIM master must have direct execution access to duck in order to set it the NFS environment(via rsh or nimsh), if that were the case I'd say that the source and server options are mutually exclusive.

if all you want to do is to define a mksysb resource with mksysb_duck name and your backup file resides in /export/images/mksysb.duck on the NIM master all you need to do is the following:

nim -o define -t mksysb -a server=master -a mk_image=yes -a location=/export/images/mksysb.duck mksysb_duck

As I said, I haven't played with NIM 6.1 yet, so I might be wrong.

best regards,
esv.

Message was edited by: Enrique Sanchez
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Originally posted by: esv

rofl, I just checked the command again and the "source" option is there.. let me check your post again...

regards,
esv.
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Originally posted by: franabulax

Thanks, Enrique.

The command appears pretty much as I used it in SG24-7296 "NIM from A to Z in AIX 5L" on pg. 349

It's supposed to create the mksysb from duck as well as defining the resource in nim.

I can talk to duck via rsh.

I'll try as you suggest and separate the creation of the nim resource and the mksysb.

Thanks again,

Regards,

Mike
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Originally posted by: esv

try removing /export filesystem from the exports list, NIM might be trying to export a subdirectory and since the parent directory is already exported it won't work well with NIM.

regards,
esv.
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