AIX

Hi people,

In my work i have 2 P595 server (P595A and P595B) i need to exchange one server from P595A to P595B and one from P595B to P595A, i know the best way to do this is make a mksysb copy of the system and restore it on another but, in this process i dont need to exchange all the server, only basic configuration like IP, hostname, users, and configuration files.

I need help in what files i have to change to transform one server to another, i realy need this help because the AIX Analyst on my work was fired and now, i have to do this work but i have a basic knowledge on AIX servers.

Thanks all for the help,

Do you have a good reason for not using the mksysb method?
This would be the safest, quickest and easiest method in my opinion.

As we do not know your configuration at all we cannot tell you which files you need to take over. /etc/passwd, /etc/group for sure. You can change the hostname and IP from console window using smitty tcpip - minimum configuration where you can change the hostname in the same go. But generally I completely agree with dukessd - the one and only safe way to take over everything is do install from mksysb - or live partition mobility if your hardware / infrastructure supports that - so if everything is virtualized.

Kind regards
zxmaus

is the server running on external SAN/NAS storage?

I can't use mksysb because i have no space left on the P595 machines to create a partition to restore the mksysb.

I realy need to exchange it.

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funksen, i dont use nas/san on it.

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Hi,

I completed this work basically changing the tcpip configurations, hostname and coping /etc/passwd, /etc/group /etc/auto_direct from one server to another, and backup the other vg and restore it.

Thanks for the help...