AIX

Hello,

I have two AIX machine and i want to make the two nodes to be identical , so i will change the Hostname, IP and copy the hosts file to node 2.

anything else need to copy it from node 1 to node 2 to ensure that two nodes will be the same?

Thanks

Hold up...what do you mean by identical...that isn't cloning. Are they already at the same aix level, are they part of a cluster?

Yes, the two machines the same aix version and same TL, i need to make node 2 have the same configuration of node 1.
i will shutdown node 2 after configured, and it will be as a backup of node 1

In that case just take the mksysb of node 1 and restore it on node 2.

Hi,

Without doubt, this is a mksysb scenario.

Regards

Dave

Yes.. mksysb for rootvg... savevg/restvg for all other VGs..
best scenario is to use a nim server for the above...

Or, depending your storage you can make snapshots or flashcopys for all LUNS and map to the other new AIX.. (Before start change IPs or you wiull get a dupplicated conflict on your network).

As said above, this is a job for mksysb.

However, if you do this often enough or do not want to hassle with setting up the NIM server and doing mksysb + savevg, Storix System Backup Administrator for AIX can back up the entire system (rootvg + all other VGs) and clone it to different hardware. The software will even change the network configurations at install time so you do not have duplicate IPs.

Just another option you might want to consider.

Good luck on your clone!