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Master refers the machine where you set up and maintain your NIM environment. You can also initiate installations from here (push mode). It is the key piece of the NIM environment. | Master refers the machine where you set up and maintain your NIM environment. You can also initiate installations from here (push mode). It is the key piece of the NIM environment. | ||
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The NIM client can be the target for NIM master-initiated operations such as installation, updates, and so forth (push mode). Also, a client can initiate its own installation or update (pull mode). A NIM client automatically becomes a resource server when it holds NIM resources. | |||
=====Resource Server===== | |||
Any machine (the master or a standalone client) can be configured by the master as a server for a particular software resource. In most environments, the master is also resource server. If other machines are already reporting to the master and they are installed (AIX), you can chose one of them to act as a resource server, thus relieving the NIM master of the heavy I/O load (disk and network). In such cases, the NIM master is only used to run administrative tasks. | |||
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Revision as of 14:06, 22 June 2010
Terminology
Master
Master refers the machine where you set up and maintain your NIM environment. You can also initiate installations from here (push mode). It is the key piece of the NIM environment.
Client
The NIM client can be the target for NIM master-initiated operations such as installation, updates, and so forth (push mode). Also, a client can initiate its own installation or update (pull mode). A NIM client automatically becomes a resource server when it holds NIM resources.
Resource Server
Any machine (the master or a standalone client) can be configured by the master as a server for a particular software resource. In most environments, the master is also resource server. If other machines are already reporting to the master and they are installed (AIX), you can chose one of them to act as a resource server, thus relieving the NIM master of the heavy I/O load (disk and network). In such cases, the NIM master is only used to run administrative tasks.
Abbrevations
| LPP | Licensed Program Product |
| ML | Maintenance Level |
| NIM | Network Installation Manager |
| SOE | Standard Operating Environment |
| SPOC | Single Point Of Control |
| TL | Technology Level |
Literature
sg24-7296-00 NIM from A to Z in AIX5L