I created a MKSYSB backup to tape using: mksysb -iev /dev/rmt0
Verified it using: lsmksysb -l -f /dev/rmt0
Booted to SMS menu, selected Tape as the boot device and set Media Type to SCSI, it throws an error: The selected devices were not detected in the system.
I then try using the "List All Devices" for Media Type, it does a scan and comes back with the tape drive....
This seems to work in that the next screen I get a select task option where I choose the Service Media Boot, this fails with: No Operating System Found
I am stuck, seems that I cannot boot off the newly created MKSYSB tape.
Any ideas what I can try? I have since escaped from here and booted back to AIX normally.
Whats up guys. I dont ask many questions but this time i need a quick one answerd.
NOS: AIX 4.3.3 and 4.3.2
BOX: RS/6000 F50
i have 12 pv's (mirrored) and 2 vg's and i want them both backed up @ once on one tape drive so i can do it via cron.
I have looked at mksysb and backup. my main... (5 Replies)
goodafternoon people.
here are a couple of error messages I get during restore of mksysb from a AIX F80 to a F50. I have verified blocksize and have set them to 1024 which matches both the systems.
backup system is F80 and restore system is F50. Both are 4.3.3 ML10 level
Upon executing via... (1 Reply)
Hi all,
I have a large number of backup tapes which were originally written with the AIX "backup" command. I now need to convert these to "tar" format, but unfortunately I no longer have access to an AIX machine. I have been able to connect the old tape drive (3590) to a Linux box and it works... (2 Replies)
Hello,
Some background so you can see what I'm trying to do on AIX:
In Windows its possible to partition a single hard drive into 2 separate logical paritions which may appear as a C and a D drive. It is then possible to to use 3rd party software such as Power Quest Drive Image to create a... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I am new to AIX, as I was primarily working on HP-UX servers.
We have some production servers and a couple of lab servers. We have upgraded over 40 servers from 5.2 to 5.3 running a particular application(1) using the golden 5.3 upgraded servers copy of makesysb. We have only two... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
I am still working on my mksysb restore.
My latest issue is during an alt_disk_install from tape I got the following error after all the data had been restored.
0505-143 alt_disk_install: Unable to match mksysb level 5.2.0 with any
available boot images. Please correct this... (0 Replies)
Pretty penny's.
Just remember that mksysb and savevg are just front-ends for backup.
In other words, backups on AIX are organized by volume groups. mksysb is specialized for rootvg and savevg is used for other volume groups.
Ignoring that rootvg also creates files needed to boot a system... (1 Reply)
Hello All,
I am trying to clone an entire AIX virtual machine to a new virtual machine including all partitions and OS.Can anyone help me on the procedure to follow? I am not really sure on how it can be done.Thanks in advance.
Please use CODE tags for sample input, sample output, and for code... (4 Replies)