Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Sometimes I get real annoyed at IBM developers. I'm trying to make a spot from a NIM mksysb resource. This is what I get:

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Command: failed stdout: yes stderr: no

Before command completion, additional instructions may appear below.
>>>> Creating the spot_mksysb_pdb7 SPOT resource from mksysb_pdb7.
(This may take a while.)
Creating SPOT in "/export/spot" on machine "master" from "mksysb_pdb7" ...

Restoring files from BOS image. This may take several minutes ...

0042-001 nim: processing error encountered on "master":
0042-001 m_mkspot: processing error encountered on "master":
An Error Occurred.

>>>> Undoing the partial configuration because something failed
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Basically what they are telling me is...

"Your on your own, I don't have the time to tell you what really happened."

Gary Galloway
Ankhu Consulting
ggallow@ankhu.com
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Originally posted by: MisterX

uhh...unless im missing something here, you cant create a spot or an lpp source from a mksysb. You can only define your mksysb as a mksysb resource. One option would be to create an lpp/spot resource from a maintenance level.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

you can indeed create a spot from a mksysb...

Creating a SPOT resource from a mksysb resource with SMIT or from a command line

Use these steps to create a SPOT resource from a mksysb resource with SMIT or from a command line.
To create a SPOT from a mksysb on the command line, set the source attribute to the name of the mksysb resource you want to create the SPOT from. If the mksysb resource is called "mksysb1," you would use the following command to create a SPOT called "spot1" served by the NIM master:

nim -o define -t spot -a source=mksysb1 -a server=master -a location=/export/spot spot1

To create a SPOT from a mksysb with SMIT, you can use fast paths nim_mkres_spot_only and nim_mkres. When the source attribute is expanded, all available mksysb resources, as well as other sources, are displayed as possible sources for the creation of a SPOT.
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