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Operating Systems AIX Mksysb restoration Post 302976715 by bakunin on Monday 4th of July 2016 11:35:54 AM

07-04-2016

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Originally Posted by AIXBlueCat

there are 2 Volume of DDS4 tape for the mksysb backup
when I restored to 2x146GB HDD, it failed with Out of Space
but when I restored to 4x146GB HDD, it will prompt for Volume 2 but still encounter an error message - Media Surface Error and Out of Space
can some exper please kindly help.
appreciate it very much

I have already tried to help you, maybe i haven't been clear enough:

take the mksysb image again! Issue the mkszfile command first and examine the newly written /image.data file before you proceed to continue with the mksysb command itself. If you cannot figure out any specific problems post it here (it is several kb in size, you might want to post it as an attachment).

Especially this part is interesting (this is from one of my systems, yours will look similar but different):

Code:

source_disk_data:
        PVID= 00f81dc70b958716
        PHYSICAL_LOCATION= U9179.MHD.211AB7V-V5-C2-T1-L8100000000000000
        CONNECTION= vscsi0//810000000000
        LOCATION=
        SIZE_MB= 40960
        HDISKNAME= hdisk0

This is also to be considered:

Code:

logical_volume_policy:
        SHRINK= no
        EXACT_FIT= no

Another possibility might be that you have (a) sparse file(s) in your rootvg. These tend to be "expanded" to their virtual size for real when being restored.

I hope this helps.

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NITROGEN(1)							     NITROGEN							       NITROGEN(1)

NAME

       nitrogen - X11 background previewer and setter

SYNOPSIS

       nitrogen [ OPTIONS ] DIRECTORY?

DESCRIPTION

       In  normal  working mode, provides an interface which displays all pictures in the given DIRECTORY.  From this interface, it is possible to
       set the X11 root pixmap either temporarily or set and store the picture, drawing mode, and X display for restoration later.  If	no  direc-
       tory is specified, it uses the stored directories in your "library" (as of 1.5). See the Preferences dialog.

       When  the  --restore  option  is  passed, nitrogen sets all backgrounds that it has a configuration for and exits immediatly, for use in an
       .xinitrc or .xsession file.

OPTIONS

       --no-recurse
	      Do not recurse into subdirectories of DIRECTORY.

       --restore
	      Restores previously saved pictures to the root displays.

       --sort=[option]
	      Sorts the background list by the given option.  By default, items are sorted as they are found on the filesystem,  giving  a  quasi-
	      newest first sorting order.  Valid options are:

	      alpha  Alphabetical order.

	      ralpha Reverse alphabetical order.

	      time   Modified time, ascending.

	      rtime  Modified time, descending.

       --help A mystery option which saves the iguanas of Sweden.

FILES

       ~/.config/nitrogen/
	      Holds the configuration for saved backgrounds.

BUGS

       There are probably plenty of them.  Report all bugs to Dave Foster <daf@minuslab.net>.

AUTHORS

       Dave Foster <daf@minuslab.net> Javeed Shaikh <syscrash2k@gmail.com>

AVAILABILITY

       Homepage - http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/.  The git repository is at http://code.l3ib.org/nitrogen.git

NITROGEN
							    MARCH 2006							       NITROGEN(1)

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