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 ===== NIM operations =====
+- **Preview install on client for specific package:**
+<cli prompt='>'>
+[root@aix06] /root> nimclient -o cust -a lpp_source=LPP-AIX72TL1SP2 -a filesets=bos.rte.install -a installp_flags=-pacNYgX
+</cli>
+- **Update all packages from NIM client:**
+<cli prompt='>'>
+[root@aix06] /root> nimclient -o cust -a lpp_source=LPP-AIX72TL1SP2 -a fixes=update_all -a installp_flags=-acNYgX
+</cli>
 - **Boot a nim client on a ethernet interface using vlan tagging:**
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 <cli prompt='#'>
 # nim -o cust -a fixes=update_all -a lpp_source=aix7100-05-08-2114 spot_7100-05-06-2028
+</cli>
+- **Define a SPOT from a directory that previously had a SPOT installed in it**
+<cli prompt='#'>
+# /usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/m_mkspot -o -a server=server -a location=location -a source=no  spotname
 </cli>
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 lpp_aix7100-02-03_base      lpp_source
 </cli>
+===== Changing the CPUID of NIM Master and NIM Clients after LPM =====
+==== On the NIM Client: ====
+This document explains how to change your NIM Master or NIM Clients CPUID after you have moved it to new HW to match the system's new CPUID.
+To check what CPUID the Master has for the NIM Client we can run the following command on the NIM Master:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+root@sentinel(/)# lsnim -l instlab163 | grep -i cpuid
+      cpuid          = 00FF48B55C00   <---- wrong/old CPUID
+</cli>
+To check the current CPUID of the NIM Client:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+root@instlab163(/)# uname -a
+AIX instlab163 2 7 00F84BE54C00
+</cli>
+To change the CPUID on the NIM Master’s client definition to match with the actual CPUID of the nim client:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+root@sentinel(/)#nim -o change -a cpuid=00F84BE54C00 instlab163
+root@sentinel(/)# lsnim -l instlab163 | grep -i cpuid
+   cpuid          = 00F84BE54C00  <---- correct CPUID
+</cli>
+We can verify connectivity:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+root@sentinel(/)# nim -o lslpp instlab163 | grep bos.mp
+  bos.mp64                   7.2.4.0  COMMITTED  Base Operating System 64-bit
+</cli>
+==== On the NIM Master: ====
+To check the current system CPUID:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+root@sentinel(/)# uname -a
+AIX sentinel 2 7 00FB43B94C00
+</cli>
+To check the NIM Master definition:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+root@sentinel(/)# lsnim -l master | grep -i cpuid
+   cpuid               = 00FB43C85B00  ß old/wrong CPUID
+</cli>
+To change the CPUID:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+# /usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/m_chattr -a cpuid="new CPUID" master
+</cli>
+Example:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+root@sentinel(/)# /usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/m_chattr -a cpuid="00FB43B94C00" master
+</cli>
+To verify:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+root@sentinel(/)# lsnim -l master | grep -i cpuid
+   cpuid               = 00FB43B94C00
+</cli>
+===== Automaticaly restore AIX LPAR =====
+==== Steps to install mksysb from NIM ====
+=== On the NIM server ===
+Allocate required resource
+<cli prompt='#'>
+# nim -o reset -a force=yes $CLIENT_NAME
+# nim -Fo deallocate -a subclass=all $CLIENT_NAME
+# nim -o bos_inst -a source=mksysb  -a mksysb=$MKSYSB -a spot=$SPOT -a accept_licenses=yes -a fb_script=$SCRIPTFB -a bosinst_data=$BOSINST_DATA -a boot_client=no $CLIENT_NAME
+</cli>
+Monitoring
+<cli prompt='#'>
+# nim -o showlog -a log_type=boot $CLIENT_NAME > $LOG
+</cli>
+=== On the HMC ===
+Now boot the partition using a specific IP, and also give the NIM server IP to boot
+<cli prompt='#'>
+# Syntax
+To retrieve a MAC address:
+lpar_netboot -M -n [-v] [-x] [-f] [-i] [-A] -t ent [-D -s Speed-d Duplex -S Server -G Gateway -C Client -K
+subnetmask] partition name partition profile manage system
+To perform a network boot:
+lpar_netboot [-v[-x] [-f] [-i] [-g args] [-A -D | [-D] -l phys_loc | [-D] -m maddress] -t ent [-D -s Speed-d
+Duplex -S Server -G Gateway -C Client -K subnetmask partition_name partition_profile manage_system
+</cli>

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