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Operating Systems AIX mksysb restoration using NIM Post 302411100 by juredd1 on Wednesday 7th of April 2010 03:12:06 PM

04-07-2010

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I think I only have one other thought. bakunin suggested installing on some spare hardware and taking down the production machine to avoid duplicate IP address after the spare hardware comes up.

I have done the same thing here but placed the spare hardware on a different VLAN than the production hardware. Setup a temp hostname in the /etc/hosts file, such as unixtest and given it an unused IP from the other VLAN. Create a new host within NIM called unixtest. Then you should be able to leave the current production up because after the install finishes on test hardware even when the production IP is placed on test hardware it will not be detected since it will be on a different VLAN.

Then you can get in through the console, HMC, etc..... to change the IP to a usable one for that VLAN. Just be cautious about crontab entries on the test machine running and doing things you don't want them to.

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