Presenter: Steve Knudson

Topic: NIM Upgrade Strategies and Advanced Topics 

A review of migration strategies for AIX, where version or release level change, and how these are distinct from an update, that merely changes technology level or service pack at a given version and release. Alternate disk methods are discussed for both migration or update, minimizing the outage an allowing a fallback to the original AIX level, if necessary. A NIM based migration strategy for VIO server is coverd. Also covered are numerous scripts that demonstrate ideas that may useful in customer environments. Also covered is the nimadapters facility that automatically configures multihomed clients or EtherChannel on the client at the end of NIM install.