0042-006 niminit: (init to master) rcmd A remote host refused an attempted connect operation.

Problem:

  nim -o define -t MachineType -a Attribute=Value ... MachineName

  nim_master: A remote host refused an attempted connect operation.
  0042-006 niminit: (init to master) rcmd A remote host refused an attempted connect operation.

Solution:
  Upgrade the server AIX files to newer version.
  master server: upgrade from bos.sysmgt.nim.master 6.1.8.0 to 6.1.8.15

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Problem:
   0042-001 nim: processing error encountered on "master":
   0042-036 m_mkbosi: "nim_master" cannot serve a resource because of its type ("ent")

Solution:
  Server name should be master not hostname of the master server.

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Problem:
   0042-001 nim: processing error encountered on "master":
   0042-006 m_mkbosi: (From_Master) connect Error 0
   0042-008 nimsh: Request denied - nim_master

Solution:
  delete the machine in the master.
  delete /etc/niminfo from client.
  re-configure the client by smitty nim.
 ## check master name in /etc/niminfo.

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Problem:
  0512-005 savevg: Backup Completed.
        The backup command completed with errors.
        The messages displayed on Standard Error contained additional information.
  0042-001 nim: processing error encountered on "master":
  0042-001 m_mkbosi: processing error encountered on "gspnadev":
        backup: 0511-089 Cannot open /tmp/10354858.mnt0/mk_server_20130327:
        The file access permissions do not allow the specified action.

Solution:
  chmod -R 777 /export01
  /usr/sbin/chnfsexp -d '/export01' -V '3' '-B' -S 'sys,krb5p,krb5i,krb5,dh' -t 'rw'

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