vim was removed in OneFS 7.1.0 (I believe).  The primary reason why utilities like vim are removed is simply to reduce the size of our install image.  The UFS partitions on the nodes have limited size, so non-essential stuff is often trimmed.  I'm a huge vim fan and also miss having it on the nodes.  I would suggest that you work with your Isilon SE to file an enhancement request to bring it back...  --kip
HI  is there any reason why VIM is not installed on ISILON? IIRR VIM was installed on ISILON up to OneFS 6.5.5.x  Working with VI is frustrating especially with a german keyboard layout.  So, please EMC install VIM on ISILON !    Chris
VIM editor on Isilon