When I use NIM to reinstall a AIX 5.3 use mksysb

It shows error:

COMMAND STATUS

Command: failed stdout: yes stderr: no

Before command completion, additional instructions may appear below.

NSORDER=local,bind

Locating ttt-p630...done

Checking for resource group basic_res_grp...done
0042-001 nim: processing error encountered on "master":
0042-063 m_bos_inst: the following resource types are required
for this operation but have not yet been allocated
to "ttt-p630":
spot

Did you allocate the SPOT?

Run

# lsnim -c resources hostname

Or use SMIT to look at the installation resources assigned to that system

Once your installation failed you have to explicitly deallocate the resources - do it always with the "-F" (force) option, otherwise you get some nasty and strange side effects.

Oh, one more: if you export the NIM directories yourself and then allocate resources (which includes exporting them via NFS) chances are the NFS export gets stuck. Do a "showmount -e" and have a look at which directories are exported.

bakunin