09-26-2003
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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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)
Discussion started by: Optimus_P
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi, for aix and hpux, we have both mksysb and make_recovery for restoring to the former state after it was crashed. is there any equivalent to sun? any pointers will be appreciated. thanks (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: yls177
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
anybody knows how to recover from a tape in AIX 4.3 from a IBM rs6000 170 system backup done only 97% ? (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: jupiter8
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
#!/bin/ksh
#
# nim_mksysb
# get mksysb from each client machine specified with -m. If no
# machines specified, get mksysb from ALL machines. -r flag says
# remove oldest existing mksysb for the machines being backed up.
# use -n no_make flag with -r to remove a generation of mksysb,
#... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: barkath
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5. AIX
Hi,
Can anyone tell how to list files in a AIX 3.2 mksysb backup tape.
Thanks!
Victor Cheung (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: victorcheung
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6. AIX
Hi to all
now we running mksysb to nim on aix servers.
we are planning to take mksysb from vio servers.
can we use the same script for vio servers.
thanks (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: honeym210
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7. AIX
Hi All,
Please excuse the possibly naive question but I'm trying to clone/install a new AIX 5.3 LPAR on a p570 from a mksysb image file using nim. Has anyone done this before and if so, what would the exact command look like?
Does it even remotely resemble something like
nim -o... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: combustables
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8. AIX
Hello,
I am trying to install a server from a mksysb made on an other server but whit his proper image.data and bosinst.data, but after selecting boot from DLT tape and starting installation in normal mode with default setting, I get this error message :
error / warning
there is no disk... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: astjen
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9. AIX
I am trying to do a mksysb to a mounted directory that i hava on an ubuntu server. I have 80Gb of space on the ubuntu server. the job fails with message backup medium write error: File to large. What can i do to get this to work?
thanks (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: fierfek
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10. AIX
Hello,
Running AIX 7.2 on Power9 bare-metal (no LPAR and no NIM server), in the process of creating a guide on MKSYSB process.
I understand that MKSYSB is a backup of the rootvg and we can exclude stuff via exclude.rootvg file, the rest of the data volumes are mapped to the system as LUNs via... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: c3rb3rus
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tms(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual tms(7)
NAME
tms - TMSCP magnetic tape interface
SYNOPSIS
For XMI/KDM on Alpha-based systems:
bus xmi0 at iop0 vector xmierror
controller uq0 at xmi? port kdm vector uqintr
device tape tms0 at uq0 drive 0
For MSI Bus: only MIPS-based DECsystem 5500
bus msi0 at ibus? vector msi_isr
controller dssc1 at msi0 msinode 1
device tape tms3 at dssc1 drive 3
For XMI/CI/HSC on Alpha-based systems:
bus xmi0 at iop0 vector xmierror
bus ci0 at xmi? port np vector cimna_isr
controller hsc6 at ci0 cinode 6
device tape tms3 at hsc6 drive 3
For tms devices dual ported between two controllers:
device tape tms2 at * drive 2
DESCRIPTION
The TMSCP driver provides a standard tape drive interface, as described in mtio(7). This is a driver for any controller that adheres to
the Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol (TMSCP). The TMSCP controllers communicate with the host through a packet-oriented protocol termed
the Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol.
Tape Support - Alpha-based systems
TA78, TA79, TA81, TA90, TA90E, TA91
Diagnostics
All diagnostic messages are sent to the error logger subsystem.
FILES
/dev/rmt???
/dev/nrmt???
SEE ALSO
mtio(7), MAKEDEV(8), uerf(8), tapex(8) delim off
tms(7)