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Operating Systems AIX SLOW mksysb Post 302337199 by mhenryj on Thursday 23rd of July 2009 03:08:40 PM
Old 07-23-2009
Thanks Padow. I will try a different block size next time.

It ultimately did finish. Kicked up real quick form 31% to 60% then 100% and did indicate success.

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AIX :/ # mksysb -i /dev/rmt0

Creating information file (/image.data) for rootvg.

Creating tape boot image ..
bosboot: Boot image is 18795 512 byte blocks.


Creating list of files to back up
Backing up 55618 files..............................
17317 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17319 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17321 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17321 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17321 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17322 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17322 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17322 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17323 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17323 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17323 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17323 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17323 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17323 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17327 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17332 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
17335 of 55618 files backed up (31%)..............................
33794 of 55618 files backed up (60%).........................
55618 of 55618 files backed up (100%)
0512-038 mksysb: Backup Completed Successfully.

bosboot: Boot image is 18795 512 byte blocks.
AIX :/ #
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If anyonw has any further ideas, please submit. I will post a follow up if needed next time around with a diff block size.

Take care all
Mike
 

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ndmp(4) 							   File Formats 							   ndmp(4)

NAME
ndmp - configuration properties for Solaris Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) server DESCRIPTION
The behavior of the Solaris NDMP server is specified by property values that are stored in the Service Management Facility, smf(5). An authorized user can use the ndmpadm(1M) command to set global values for these properties in SMF. You can set the following properties by using the ndmpadm set command: backup-quarantine Backup the files marked as quarantined by AV. Acceptable values are yes or no. The default is no. dar-support Set the Direct Access Recovery mode. Acceptable values are yes or no. The default is no. debug-level Set the debug level. The debug-level can be set to either 0 (off) or 1 (on). The default is 0. debug-path The path to which to save the debug log. The default is /var/ndmp. dump-pathnode Enable or disable backing up the directories containing modified files or directories in dump(1) backup format. Acceptable values are yes or no. The default is no. ignore-ctime Determines whether the change timestamp (ctime) of files and directories is used to determine whether a file should be backed up in level backup. If this parameter is set to yes, only the modification time (mtime) of the file or directory determines whether it should be backed up. Acceptable values are yes or no. The default value is no. overwrite-quarantine Restore quarantined files on top of current files if they already exist. Acceptable values are yes or no. The default value is no. restore-quarantine Restore the files that had been marked as quarantined by AV and are backed up. Acceptable values are yes or no. The default value is no. tar-pathnode Enable or disable backing up the directories containing modified files or directories in tar(1) backup format. Acceptable values are yes or no. The default value is no. token-maxseq Set the maximum sequence number for subsequent token-based incremental backup in NDMP-V4. The default value is 9. There are two limits for this value: soft-limit, which is 59, and hard-limit, equal to 64. If the token sequence number, passed by the DMA, is between the soft and hard limits, a warning message is issued to the DMA. The token sequence number can never exceed the hard-limit value. version Set the maximum active NDMP protocol version. Valid values are currently 2, 3, and 4. The default is 4. The following property can only be set when using the ndmpadm enable or ndmpadm disable command: auth-type Sets the password encryption type for the authentication of local users. Valid values are cram-md5 or cleartext. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWndmpu, SUNWndmpr | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Committed | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
dump(1), tar(1), ndmpadm(1M), ndmpd(1M), attributes(5), smf(5) SunOS 5.11 3 Mar 2009 ndmp(4)
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