====== AIX:NIM installation VIOS ======

To install a VIOS with NIM, you have to use the installation CD of the VIOS.
A VIOS is defined into NIM as standard NIM client.

===== Ressources needed to install VIOS =====

Minimum ressources needed to install a VIOS is :
<code>
- mksysb of VIOS
- SPOT based on this mksysb
</code>

  * To generate an mksysb ressource of a VIOS, first copy the mksysb from the VIOS installation CDROM, the mksysb is composed of 2 file that must be merged:
<code>
# cat /cdrom/usr/sys/inst.images/mksysb_image /cdrom/usr/sys/inst.images/mksysb_image2 > /export/mksysb/vios.mksysb
</code>

  * Define the mksysb NIM ressource type: 
<code>
# nim -o define -t mksysb -a location=/export/mksysb/vios.mksysb -a server=master mksysb_vios21
</code>

  * Define the SPOT NIM ressource type (generate always the SPOT from associate MKSYSB):
<code>
# nim -o define -t spot -a server=master -a location=/export/vios  -a source=mksysb_vios21 spot_vios21
</code>


===== Install the new VIOS =====

Now you are ready to install the new VIOS, 
<code>
smitty nim
- Perform NIM Software Installation and Maintenance Tasks
  - Install and Update Software
   - Install the Base Operating System on Standalone Clients
      Select the VIOS to install
      Choose:
        mksysb - Install from a mksysb
         Select the mksysb defined above
          And the associated SPOT
</code>


:!:

===== NIM installation information =====

Using NIM to back up and install the VIOS is supported as follows.

    * Always create the SPOT resource directly from the VIOS mksysb image. Do NOT update the SPOT from an LPP_SOURCE.
    * Do NOT use NIM to apply VIOS updates. Only the updateios command should be used to update the VIOS.
    * To use NIM (only for reinstall VIOS with an mksysb), ensure that the NIM Master is at the appropriate level (minimum level ) to support the VIOS image. Refer to the following table.
			
=== VIOS/AIX matrix ===

^^ VIOS Level ^ IOS Level ^ AIX Level ^ AIX Level ^ AIX Level ^
||VIOS 3.1.0|VIOS 3.1.0.10|AIX 7200-03-02|||
| |VIOS 3.1.21|VIOS 3.1.0.10|AIX 7200-03-03|||
||VIOS 2.2.6|VIOS 2.2.6.10|AIX 6100-09-10|7100-05-01|7200-02-01|
|| |VIOS 2.2.6.0|AIX 6100-09-10|7100-05-00|7100-02-00|
|| |VIOS 2.2.6.32|AIX 6100-09-10|7100-05-00|7200-03-03|
||VIOS 2.2.5|VIOS 2.2.5.30|AIX 6100-09-10|7100-05-01|7200-02-01|
|| |VIOS 2.2.5.20|AIX 6100-09-09|7100-04-04|7200-01-02|
|| |VIOS 2.2.5.10|AIX 6100-09-08|7100-04-03|7200-01-01|
|| |VIOS 2.2.5.0|AIX 6100-09-08|7100-04-03|
||VIOS 2.2.4|VIOS 2.2.4.50|AIX 6100-09-10|7100-05-01|7200-02-01|
|| |VIOS 2.2.4.40|AIX 6100-09-09|7100-04-04|7200-01-02|
|| |VIOS 2.2.4.30|AIX 6100-09-08|7100-04-03|7200-01-01|
|| |VIOS 2.2.4.23|AIX 6100-09-07|7100-04-02|7200-00-02|
|| |VIOS 2.2.4.22|AIX 6100-09-07|7100-04-02|7200-00-02|
|| |VIOS 2.2.4.21|AIX 6100-09-07|7100-04-02|7200-00-02|
|| |VIOS 2.2.4.20|AIX 6100-09-07|7100-04-02|7200-00-02|
|| |VIOS 2.2.4.10|AIX 6100-09-06|7100-04-01|7200-00-01|
|| |VIOS 2.2.4.0|AIX 6100-09-06|7100-04-01|7200-00-01|

https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/flrt/sas?page=viostable

=== PowerVM VIOS Lifecycle ===

^^VIOS Release^Release Date^End of Service Pack Support (EoSPS)^
||3.1.0|November 2018|30 November 2021 (estimated)|
||2.2.6|October 2017|31 October 2020 (estimated)|
||2.2.5|November 2016|30 November 2019 (estimated)|
||2.2.4|December 2015|31 December 2018|
||2.2.3|November 2013|30 November 2017|
||2.2.2|November 2012|30 November 2015|
||2.2.1|October 2011|31 October 2014|
||2.2.0|September 2010|30 November 2013|