Summary: ALthough AIX is by now on version 7.3 I find these old pages so fascinating I decided to keep them. On this page I'll show you how to use AIX NIM in your disaster recovery procedure. This page is for AIX 5.3 and AIX 6.1.
Date: Between 2010-2013
Refactor: 21 December 2024: Checked formatting.

These are the required steps to use NIM in your disaster recovery procedure.

• Check network and DNS requirements for your host / network
  • nimnetwork
  • Host needs A and PTR records
• Check storage NIM server
  • The NIM server needs at least the amount of space of the rootvg of the host
• Create nim client
  • AIX NIM Client
• Create the image
  • create_a_mksysb_image

• Restore the image
  • restore_a_mksysb_image
  • AIX NIM Client Installation

These are the steps for a test, so you create an entire new client for testing purposes. In this case we restore to a LPAR in an IVM. Before starting, determine a host name and IP address what can be used.

• Create required boot lun
  • NetApp Storage
• Detect lun inside VIOS/IVM
  • AIX VIOS
• Create LPAR
  • AIX IVM LPAR Creation
• Create DNS records
  • Create A and PTR records
• Create NIM Client
  • AIX NIM Client
• Restore the image
  • restore_a_mksysb_image
  • AIX NIM Client Installation