06-12-2014
As rabttel explained, creating an image on DVD takes anything between 3-8 hours (depending on the size of image).
If you have another vg with free space you can create mkcd directory in that and point it there during mkdvd setup.
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1. AIX
hello
i saved my system this morning, mksysb tape, and i have the message: "boot.image exceeded the size....." i have not the end because the message is disappeared.
where can i find the mksysb message in a log ?
the message is scary ?
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2. AIX
How I can to obtain a full Backup of a AIX server with the command "mksysb"?? what is the correct form?
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3. AIX
hi guys,
i just want to take my server's mksysb backup through dvd-rom.but am having the doubt that, while am taking the mksysb backup in image it shows 8GB. So can i confirm that it takes 2 dvds and after writing in 1st cd it will ask for 2nd cd??????
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4. AIX
I have several systems which require software maintenance several times a year. After the software maintenance, it is required that we make two system tapes for DR purposes. The creation of these system tapes takes anywhere from 1-1.5 hours because of the performance of the tape drives. What I... (7 Replies)
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5. AIX
Hello,
I have an mksysb image in my disk, created like:
# mksysb -i /mnt/backup/lpar2.image
I want to know if this image could be copied to a tape and make it a boot image.
Thanks
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6. AIX
Hi,
Can any one please tell me the method to check whether a mksysb image which is in the server is bootable or not. :confused:
Thanks in advance,
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7. AIX
Hi,
Currently we are taking mksysb backup through smitty mksysb command and directing the backup to happen on a tape.We have inbuilt tape drives in the AIX servers. Can we take the mksysb backup through 3rd party software tool (Symantec netbackup of IBm TSM). If yes what is the procedure and... (4 Replies)
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8. AIX
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9. AIX
Hi Folks,
How to restore mksysb image on LPAR which is already having cloned AIX OS installed on hdisk0 (nothing configured, only full partition image is sitting on hdisk0)
Let me know.
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10. AIX
This may be a dumb question and the more I think about it the worst it seems!!
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
atari-hd-image
atari-hd-image(1) Hatari utilities atari-hd-image(1)
NAME
atari-hd-image - tool for creating a harddisk image for use with Hatari
SYNOPSIS
atari-hd-image size [filename] [partition name] [directory]
DESCRIPTION
Create an ACSI/IDE harddisk image for Hatari with a single Atari compatible DOS partition (using sfdisk, mkdosfs and dd).
OPTIONS
size Harddisk image size in megabytes, 8-256
filename
Name for the harddisk image (default: hd.img)
partition name
Name for the single partition (default: DOS)
directory
directory for initial content copied to the image
EXAMPLES
16MB 'hd.img' HD image:
atari-hd-image 16
8MB image with partition named 'TEST', and files from content/:
atari-hd-image 8 8mb-disk.img TEST content/
SEE ALSO
hmsa(1), zip2st(1), hatari(1), mkdosfs(1), sfdisk(1), dd(1)
AUTHOR
Written by Eero Tamminen <oak at helsinkinet fi>.
This manual page was written by Teemu Hukkanen <tjhukkan@iki.fi> for the Debian project and later modified by Eero Tamminen to suit the
latest version of Hatari.
LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
NO WARRANTY
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER-
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Hatari 2010-11-21 atari-hd-image(1)