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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Aix Cloning Post 14272 by gsaurus on Tuesday 29th of January 2002 11:17:36 PM
Old 01-30-2002
AIX cloning
The systems do not need to be the same. I am sure there are exceptions, but in most cases wiht aix 4.3.x and above, you can use a mksysb from one system and install it on any other you want.

1. You must boot from AIX CD that matches the OS of the mksysb.

2. Go into service mode and restore from backup.

The system will pull what files (drivers, etc) that are needed from the CD while it restores the mksysb.

To be safe, I wouldn't leave it plugged into the network while this is done. Your hostname and IP information may match some one else's and that's a bad thing.

Good luck, Greg
 

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sysman

sysman(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 sysman(8)

NAME

       sysman - Front end command used to invoke several SysMan services

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/sysman -menu

       /usr/sbin/sysman -station

       /usr/sbin/sysman -cli

       /usr/sbin/sysman -clone

       /usr/sbin/sysman -help

OPTIONS

       Launches  the SysMan Menu (sysman_menu(8)).  Launches the SysMan Station (sysman_station(8)).  Command line interface for manipulating sys-
       tem management data (sysman_cli(8)).  Saves and replicates SysMan configuration information  for  installation  cloning	(sysman_clone(8)).
       Cloning is not supported in a cluster environment.  Displays help on the sysman command.

DESCRIPTION

       The  sysman  command provides a common interface for invoking several SysMan services: A menu driven, task oriented system management tool.
       SysMan Menu and its associated tasks can run on a character cell terminal, an X Windows display, from a PC,  or	from  a  Web  browser.	 A
       graphical  interface  for  monitoring and managing a single or cluster system.  The SysMan Menu and its specific tasks can be launched from
       the SysMan Station.  Provides a generic command line interface to the System Management (SysMan) data.  Saves certain SysMan  configuration
       information from a previously configured system and replicate that configuration information across one or more clients.

       For  more  information  on a specific command, please refer to the specific reference page. For the SysMan Menu and the SysMan Station, you
       also can refer to the online help.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: sysman_menu(8), sysman_station(8), sysman_cli(8), sysman_clone(8)

       System Administration

																	 sysman(8)
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