New members can be added to machine groups, however, the new member must be of the same machine type as existing members. Members can be added to machine groups using the Web-based System Manager NIM application.
Select the group from those listed in the main NIM container, by clicking on its icon.
Click on the Select menu.
Choose the Properties option.
Select a machine from the NIM Machines available for group list on the right, and click on the << button to add the machine to the new group. Continue with this step until all the desired members of the machine group are in the Nim Machines in Group list on the left.
Click on OK.
To add members to a machine group, enter the smit nim_chgrp fast path.
Specify members to add to the group. Use the LIST option to select members to add.
To add a member to a machine group, enter:
nim -o change -a add_member=MachineName GroupName
For example, to add the diskless client, diskless5, to the machine group, diskless_grp, enter the following command:
nim -o change -a add_member=diskless5 diskless_grp
Alternatively, you could have specified group members in both the define and change operations by using sequenced member attributes, such as -a member1=Standalone1 -a member2=Standalone2 and so forth.