Hi,

the below is what our tips and tricks sheet says about doing this. I haven't tested it though since we do not have physical access to our boxes anyway. But you might want to give it a try?

Rgds
zxmaus


On the server, look for a file system with about 3-5 GB free space.

For the example below, there is a /backup file system with 10GB
free space.

1. Create the directory structure needed by the OS backup procedure

Code:

mkdir -p /backup/mkcd/mksysb_image
mkdir -p /backup/mkcd/cd_fs
mkdir -p /backup/mkcd/cd_images

2. Run the OS backup command "smit mkcd". (Note that you could also run
"smit mkdvd" but this requires that you have a DVD writer.)

Code:

smitty mkcd

The first screen is a dialogue box asking if you want to use an existing
mksysb image. Answer "no" to this question and press the
ENTER key.

In the smit screen that follows, change the following fields to the
values listed below:

"File system to store mksysb image"
Value: /backup/mkcd/mksysb_image

"File system to store CD file structure"
Value: /backup/mkcd/cd_fs

"File system to store final CD images"
Value: /backup/mkcd/cd_images

Remove final images after creating CD?
Value: no

"Create the CD now?"
Value: no

Execute the command by pressing the ENTER key.

The command will run for a while and then it should indicate that the OS
has been backed-up and the CD images have been created.

Exit the SMIT screen.

Check the images:

Code:

cd /backup/mkcd/cd_images
ls
cd_image_123456.vol1 (680MB)
cd_image_123456.vol2 (356MB)

Move (FTP) the images to a system equipped with a CD-writer and burn
them unto blank CD-R CDs.

NOTE: you may need to rename the images for some Windows-based
CD-writing software to recognize them as valid CD images.
e.g., from a command prompt rename the files with:

Code:

move cd_image_123456.vol1 cd_image_123456.vol1.iso

(on Windows)

Code:

move cd_image_123456.vol2 cd_image_123456.vol2.iso

(on Windows)

Code:

mv cd_image_123456.vol1 cd_image_123456.vol1.iso

(on Unix)

Code:

mv cd_image_123456.vol2 cd_image_123456.vol2.iso

(on Unix)