Installing SFCFS and the operating system on the NIM client using SMIT

You can install VCS and the operating system on the NIM client using the SMIT tool.

Perform these steps on each node to have SFCFS and AIX installed in a cluster.

To install SFCFS and the operating system

  1. On the NIM server, start smitty for a NIM and operating system installation.

    # smitty nim_bosinst
  2. In the menu, select the stand-alone target.

  3. In the menu, select spot - Install a copy of a SPOT resource.

  4. In the menu, select the spot resource spot-6100-up2date.

  5. In the menu, select the LPP_SOURCE. In this example, select LPP-6100-up2date.

  6. In the menu, select the following options:

    • For the Customization SCRIPT to run after installation option, specify copy_cpi.

    • For the ACCEPT new license agreements option, specify yes.

  7. For the installp flags, specify that the ACCEPT new license agreements flag has a yes value.