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Operating Systems AIX Clone 1 Hard disk fromIBM Intellipoint server with AIX 5.x Post 302999486 by bakunin on Wednesday 21st of June 2017 08:12:55 AM

06-21-2017

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OK, now i got it: you were trying to clone a server. This is far easier done (and much more reliably so) by using the following information:

Investigate the mksysb command. It creates a backup image of a rootvg, but enriched by boot code and other information necessary to isntall a system from this image. You need a tape drive or disk space outisde of your rootvg to do it.

Result of the mksysb is a system image, basically a file. If it is written to some special devices (DVD, tape) it is bootable and you can use it on another system (doesn't even have to be identical, just sufficiently similar) to boot this and install it to a copy of the system from which you took it.

If you use any other device as a target (including a disk file) this will not be bootable by itself so you will need a boot media to boot the system and then you are able to still use the file as a source of installation arriving at the sasme result as above.

I hope this helps.

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grub-setup

GRUB-SETUP(8)						  System Administration Utilities					     GRUB-SETUP(8)

NAME

       grub-setup - set up a device to boot using GRUB

SYNOPSIS

       grub-setup [OPTION...] DEVICE

DESCRIPTION

       Set up images to boot from DEVICE.

       You should not normally run this program directly.  Use grub-install instead.

       -a, --allow-floppy
	      Make the drive also bootable as floppy (default for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.

       -b, --boot-image=FILE
	      Use FILE as the boot image [default=boot.img]

       -c, --core-image=FILE
	      Use FILE as the core image [default=core.img]

       -d, --directory=DIR
	      Use GRUB files in the directory DIR [default=/boot/grub]

       -f, --force
	      Install even if problems are detected

       -m, --device-map=FILE
	      Use FILE as the device map [default=/boot/grub/device.map]

       -r, --root-device=DEV
	      Use DEV as the root device [default=guessed]

       -s, --skip-fs-probe
	      Do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE

       -v, --verbose
	      Print verbose messages.

       -?, --help
	      give this help list

       --usage
	      give a short usage message

       -V, --version
	      print program version

       Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

       DEVICE must be an OS device (e.g. /dev/sda).

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

       grub-install(8), grub-mkimage(1), grub-mkrescue(1)

       The  full  documentation  for  grub-setup is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and grub-setup programs are properly installed at
       your site, the command

	      info grub-setup

       should give you access to the complete manual.

grub-setup (GRUB) 1.99-12ubuntu5				   October 2011 						     GRUB-SETUP(8)