Slide 3

Types of NIM OS Installs

• RTE

  • Same as a single disk or most basic of installs to get an operating system on a server instance that will boot.
  • This is the fastest install.

• Spot

  • This is a full and customizable installation of a selected AIX OS level that can include patches and/or specific software.
  • This is generally the slowest of installs

• MKSYSB

  • This is instituted in one of two ways:
    • Clone Install of a system
    • Bare Metal Restore of a systems root volume group.
  • Takes an exact image of one system and keeps all file-sets intact while installing any hardware specific requirements to a new host.