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# 8  
Old 06-04-2009
mkdvd -d /dev/cd0 -m /fullpath_to_mksysb_image


From one system to other
===================
smitty mkdvd
use an existing mksysb image? --> no
Select format
-->leave DVD-R or DVD-RAM Device blank
-->fill in the File System to store mksysb image to, etc.
-->create the DVD now --> NO.
-->save images --> yes
After the image is created on your machine:
1. FTP it to the server with the DVD burner
2. Run smitty mkdvd
--> an existing image YES.
# 9  
Old 06-07-2009
The problem I am facing is when I am trying to restore files or directories from the image.data on the server.

Here is what I did:

1) made mksysb on a file called image.data on the location /whatever/image.data on host ABC

2) on the same host ABC, i tried to restore some files from the OS backup which i made on the location /whatever/image.data

when I do this or restore the entire backup (from the same host to same host) my backup gets corrupted..

anyone faced this problem...

Check here
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/7138105/...-AIX-V5-and-V6
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/fo...hreadID=268146


Quote:

To make the dvd image on the filesystem
mkdvd -S -I /folder

and to burn that image to DVD-RAM
mkdvd -d /dev/cd0 -m /fullpath_to_mksysb_image

or
mkdvd -d /dev/cd0 -I /fullpath_to_file


SEE HERE FOR THE SOLUTION:
Need to take MKSYSB backup
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