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Provision the IBM AIX Image

When the IBM NIM environment is configured with MKSYSB resources, use the CA Server Automation user interface to provision the IBM AIX image.

Follow these steps:

Note: Verify that you are logged in to the CA Server Automation user interface as an administrator.

1. Click Resource, and open the Explore pane.
2. Right-click an IBM PowerVM resource, and select Provisioning, Provision NIM.

   The Provision AIX with NIM dialog appears.

3. Complete the following fields:

   NIM Master

   Specify the computer where you configured your NIM environment. There can only be one active NIM master server in an environment.

   Machine Resource Name

   Specify the target computer for NIM installation and update operations.

4. In the Installation Type drop-down, select mksysb.
5. In the Resource Type drop-down, select Resource Group.
6. Select an MKSYSB resource group.
7. In the System Attributes pane, provide the administrator credentials to log in to the host NIM system.

   Note: The administrator user ID and password must match the ones specified in the install_path/imaging/etc/ca_post_install.sh script during IBM AIX imaging configuration.

8. Click Add Computer.

   The new IBM AIX system image is created and ready for use. By having the MKSYSB resource group already available, provisioning did not require a multistep build process.