No more ordering CDROMs or DVDs and waiting days. Download the .iso image over the web and install from there. Use the virtual DVD drive on your VIOS 2.1 and install directly into the LPAR or read the contents into your NIM Server.
Mount the .ISO image:
- On AIX 6.1 or AIX 7, use the loopmount command: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds3/loopmount.htm
- On AIX 5.3, use the mklv-dd-mount trick: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/AIXV53MntISO
You have to prove you are entitled via: Customer number, Machine serial numbers or SWMA. The Entitled Software Support Download User Guide can be downloaded here: ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/support/planning/essreg/I1128814.pdf. Then you can download the AIX media, Expansion Packs, Linux Toolbox and more.
Start at: www.ibm.com/eserver/ess.
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