I have 2 LPARs running AIX 5.3. Both are on the same VLAN. One LPAR, which I'll call LPAR2, has a 4mm SCSI tape drive connected to it, while LPAR1 does
not have a tape drive connected. I am able to take mksysb backups of LPAR2 to the tape drive since it's directly connected. However, I need to take mksysb backups of LPAR1 to the same tape drive without having to disconnect it from LPAR2. Is there a way to remote mount the tape drive to LPAR1?
I'm wondering if there's a way to share the tape drive using NFS. And if not, what methods are available for doing this? I know it can be done, I've seen it, but they were using a third party backup utility (Sysback) to pull it off.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!