AIX Backing up the NIM database By Emre Özkan - 1 February 2017 0 518 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppLinkedinEmailTelegram you can write a script and put your crontab. So your backup is ok. /usr/lpp/bos.sysmgt/nim/methods/m_backup_db /export/backup/nimbackup rcp /export/backup/nimbackup root@****:/****/AIX_Backup/nim_mksysb_backups/