AIX 5.3 nim: client reboots after tftp phase without installation

From: Kovetsky, Dmitry (Dmitry.Kovetsky_at_ENCANA.COM)
Date: 09/23/05

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    Date:         Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:04:46 -0600
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Hi All
    I have removed and rebuilt the SPOT on nim server , but still after tftp
    phase client does not kick in with installation, it just reboots back to

    "IBM IBM IBM ..." banner.

    Removal/recreation:
    1479 nim -o remove spot_53
    1480 nim -Fo reset client1
    1481 nim -o deallocate -a subclass=all client1
    1482 nim -o remove spot_53
    1483 nim -o define -t spot -a location=/export/nim/spot -a
    server=master -a source=lpp_src_53 spot_53
    Builds ok, no errors

    OS: 5.3
    Platform: chrp
    bosinst data file: /export/nim/bosinst_data/is1233p_bosinst_data
    resolv.conf file: /export/nim/resolv_conf/resolv_conf_Q9
    bundle file: /export/nim/bundles/bundle_basic_53
    script file: /export/nim/custom-scripts/script_JDE_aix53

    Any idea? Where do I look for logs?

    nim -o showlog -a full_log=yes -a log_type=nimerr is1233p extracts logs
    from the client, so it's a little help while client is not operational.

    Thanks for your help

    Dmitry

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