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HOWTO: POWER On using expect
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Using expect to automate mundane tasks

I have a Power5 system I use for testing, no HMC and I cannot always depend on being at a location where I can use the web-based ASMI interface. Plus, I have to wait for the web-interface to load. I prefer to use the serial line connection from tty1 to the serial port of the Power5. But typing in the commands got boring too. Enter expect, a program that can be told what to expect and then send an automated reply.

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MichaelAM: oslevel tricks & hints
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Old School

I learned my "check what is missing" trcik(s) years ago - so call me old school that until very recently (read this morning) I was still using the commands:

# instfix -i | grep AIX
# instfix -ciqk 6100-07_AIX_ML | grep :-:

to locate missing filesets. But now I am ...

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RBAC does not replace DAC
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No Looking Back:

Role Based Access Controls

RBAC is a mechanism for Access Control and that is the key to what is wrong
with most implementations using RBAC as an access control. Huh? Isn't RBAC meant to be
the next greatest thing in Access Control? What goes?
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HOWTO: Update a NIM server
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Updating NIM

Note: this is an article that I will continue to update. RL teaches me that I prepare "parts" and do not publish, as I wait/look for time to finish the missing "parts" Roughly speaking there are two NIM update paths - especially for lpp_sources and spots:

  • New resources
  • Update existing resources

This article assumes you have looked at my HOWTO: Install a NIM Server article already.

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