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Operating Systems AIX How to restore rootvg archive after AIX 6.1 crash Post 302523785 by dukessd on Thursday 19th of May 2011 07:31:17 PM
Old 05-19-2011
Hi,

It sounds like you were very lucky with your recovery but I would be both dubious of relying on this for a production restore and also about how valid the recovery is on your test box for further development on this system.

For the ISO backup you'll find all sorts of problems like the 2GB file limit on VIOS install media meaning the image is split into more than one file, let alone more than one ISO although I suspect it will just create a second ISO for the remaining data. Good luck with that one, please let us know what you find out.

For your bootp issue you'll find VIOS and AIX installs and install media are quite different.
AIX installs from scratch or base filesets with a full base install process but VIOS media actually contains a backup or mksysb that is restored during the VIOS install, much like a mksysb migration of AIX and I suspect the linux bootp VIOS install relies on this.

You could probably create a generic AIX mksysb and use that to deploy AIX in the method suggested but I don't think it will work with AIX install media because the two installs are so completely different.

HTH and good luck, please keep us updated on your progress.
 

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