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Operating Systems AIX VIOS backupios -mksysb - does it need to be served by a NIM server ? Post 302965061 by bakunin on Friday 22nd of January 2016 07:58:12 PM

01-22-2016

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backupios and installios provide what you (seem to) want - with or without a NIM server and you assumptions are correct. But are you sure you need a real backup of the (whole) VIOS? My experience is that with VIOSes you refrain from any customizing you can avoid and leave it as much as possible alone. You need only to back up what you can't get with reinstalling and the amount of this can be quite minimal.

Having said this: even if you are a small installation, if you are big enough to have one (or even several VIOSes) you are big enough to profit from a NIM server. It is about 1 hour to set one up and this time is really a wise investment.

The one major drawback of NIM servers is that they interoperate quite poorly with firewalls. They need that many security-relevant ports open that even the term "firewall" becomes meaningless. But if you are not in a heavily firewalled environment you ought to investigate the option of setting a NIM server up.

I hope this helps.

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NWFSTIME(1)							     nwfstime							       NWFSTIME(1)

NAME

       nwfstime - Display / Set a NetWare server's date and time

SYNOPSIS

       nwfstime [ -h ] [ -S server ] [ -U user name ] [ -P password | -n ] [ -C ] [ -s ]

DESCRIPTION

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OPTIONS

       -h
	  With -h nwfstime prints a little help text.

       -S server
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       -U user
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       -P password
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       -n
	  -n should be given if no password is required for the login. As you need supervisor privileges for  setting  the  date  and  time,  this
	  option is probably not used very often.

       -C
	  By default, passwords are converted to uppercase before they are sent to the server, because most servers require this. You can turn off
	  this conversion by -C.

       -s
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