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Operating Systems AIX Automate patch download & deployment Post 302947586 by bakunin on Friday 19th of June 2015 05:28:15 AM
Old 06-19-2015
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Originally Posted by pawpaw
For this case can I assume the NIM+Endpoint acts like a satellite server?
If you define "acts like" losely enough: yes.

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Originally Posted by pawpaw
Seems like product from lumension (Patch and Remediation) can do similar stuff.

Are there any other products out there? I am tasked to do an evaluation on the various products.
With 30-50 LPARs, like you said above, you should definitely have a NIM-Server anyways. NIM-Servers are not only helpful in software deployment but also for configuration management, installation of new systems, systems backup, system recovery and the like.

The big exception being a heavily firewalled environment: this is where NIM servers really suck, because they need an awful lot of ports and most firewall people are reluctant to tear so many big holes into their firewall. I remember working once in a shop where you couldn't even "ping" the default gateway. One needed to get special permission to even use ping to test the failover node on a cluster. NIM was not used there.

If you do not have such a paranoid environment (and, frankly, i do not wish anybody to undergo such a torture) i strongly suggest to set up a NIM server and make all your LPARs NIM clients. It is quite easy to do, a matter of maybe 3-4 hours, all in all, to set up the basic structures and the resources needed most.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
Last edited by bakunin; 06-19-2015 at 08:20 AM..
 

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cm

cm(5)								File Formats Manual							     cm(5)

NAME

       cm - cluster monitor for high availability clusters

   Remarks
       Cluster	operations require the installation of the optional Serviceguard or Serviceguard Extension for RAC software, which is not included
       in the standard HP-UX operating system.

DESCRIPTION

       Serviceguard and Serviceguard Extension for RAC are high availability products which provide an environment such that after a failure of  a
       node,  services	(applications)	can be up and running again on another node within a very short amount of time.  In addition, Serviceguard
       Extension for RAC is the enabling software for the Real Application Clusters (RAC).  Working with the basic Serviceguard product,  Service-
       guard Extension for Faster Failover allows configuration of clusters for optimized failover.

   Commands
       The following set of commands is used to configure a high availability cluster:

		     cmquerycl(1M)
		     cmmakepkg(1M)
		     cmcheckconf(1M)
		     cmapplyconf(1M)

       The following commands are used to run or halt a cluster:

		     cmruncl(1M)
		     cmhaltcl(1M)
		     cmrunnode(1M)
		     cmhaltnode(1M)
		     cmviewcl(1M)

       Once a cluster is formed, the following commands are provided for manual operation on high availability packages:

		     cmrunpkg(1M)
		     cmhaltpkg(1M)
		     cmmodpkg(1M)

       The following commands are used within a package control script to control the services and networks configured for a package:

		     cmrunserv(1M)
		     cmhaltserv(1M)
		     cmmodnet(1M)

       A command is provided to aid in migrating from a SwitchOver/UX configuration to a Serviceguard cluster:

		     cmmigrate(1M)

       This command is not applicable with Serviceguard Extension for RAC.

SEE ALSO

       Managing Serviceguard.
       Configuring RAC Clusters with Serviceguard Extension for RAC.

						      Requires Optional Serviceguard Software						     cm(5)
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