If you got the error LED 611: failure: mount, it means the lpar was unable to mount that specific nfs mount and most probably you have some errors in nim's nfs configuration.
Normally, the /etc/exports file
should not contain any lines related to nim operations
because NIM is able to do everything by itself. However, if you have some lines that could impact nim's operations, you have to (at least temporary) remove them from nfs configuration.
In the example below, the lpar was unable to boot from our nim resource because /export/mksysb/ was present in /etc/exports file:
The error:
[gznim:root:/home/root:] lsnim -l gzlpar gzlpar: class = machines type = standalone connect = shell platform = chrp netboot_kernel = mp if1 = vlan99_IR gzlpar 0 cable_type1 = N/A Cstate = BOS installation has been enabled prev_state = not running Mstate = in the process of booting info = [color=red]LED 611: failure: mount gznim:/export/mksysb/gzlpar/gzlpar-rootvg.sysb /NIM_BOS_IMAGE[/color] boot = boot mksysb = gzlpar_mksysb nim_script = nim_script spot = gzlpar_spot cpuid = 00C987A32C00 control = master
The fix:
1. Edit /etc/exports and commented out or remove the line with /export/mksysb.
2. Unexport /export/mksysb: exportfs -u /export/mksysb.
3. Reset the nim resource and start all over. At the end of smitty nim_bosinst process, you should see the following nfs exports:
[gznim:root:/home/root:] exportfs | grep tscm /export/spot/gzlpar_spot/usr -ro,root=gzlpar,access=gzlpar /export/mksysb/gzlpar/gzlpar-rootvg.sysb -ro,root=gzlpar,access=gzlpar /export/nim/scripts/gzlpar.script -ro,root=gzlpar,access=gzlpar
4. Now restart your lpar because it is stuck here:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to AIX. boot image timestamp: 12:03 12/16 The current time and date: 12:15:36 12/16/2014 number of processors: 2 size of memory: 8192MB boot device: /vdevice/l-lan@30000002:speed=auto,duplex=auto,9.9.3.61,,9.9.1.173,9.9.1.129,5,5,255.255.255.192,512 kernel size: 12686704; 32 bit kernel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------