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Cloning a system via mksysb backup from one system and restore to new system

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.

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