IBM AIX 4.3, AIX5L manual 2WebSM NIM launch panel, Starting the migration

As the NIM master in a NIM environment has to be at the highest available AIX level, we set up the NIM master at AIX 5L Version 5.2 with maintenance level 02. If your NIM master is based on AIX Version 4.3.3, we recommend that you migrate the NIM master first to AIX 5L Version 5.1 or 5.2 before starting to migrate the clients. For more information on how to set up the NIM master refer to the AIX 5L Version 5.1 Network Installation Management Guide located on the AIX Documentation CD; NIM: From A to Z in AIX 4.3, SG24-5524; or AIX Version 4.3 to 5L Migration Guide, SG24-6924, which is also valid for AIX 5L.

There is nothing special to consider for the NIM master when you start a migration installation on your clients.

For our migration we created the necessary AIX 5L Version 5.1 lpp_source and SPOT resources by installing the content of all AIX 5.1 CDs into one lpp_source NIM resource and used this lpp_source as the base installation device. Figure 4-2shows the Web-based System Manager launch panel for the test system NIM operation.

Figure 4-2 WebSM NIM launch panel

Beginning with AIX 5l Version 5.1, software license agreements are shipped and displayed electronically, saving paper and allowing for electronic software distribution in the future. If you start a migration over NIM, you have to check the “Accept new licence agreements” box, as shown in Figure 4-3.

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