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Old 06-21-2017
OK, now i got it: you were trying to clone a server. This is far easier done (and much more reliably so) by using the following information:

Investigate the mksysb command. It creates a backup image of a rootvg, but enriched by boot code and other information necessary to isntall a system from this image. You need a tape drive or disk space outisde of your rootvg to do it.

Result of the mksysb is a system image, basically a file. If it is written to some special devices (DVD, tape) it is bootable and you can use it on another system (doesn't even have to be identical, just sufficiently similar) to boot this and install it to a copy of the system from which you took it.

If you use any other device as a target (including a disk file) this will not be bootable by itself so you will need a boot media to boot the system and then you are able to still use the file as a source of installation arriving at the sasme result as above.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
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cacheinfo

CACHEINFO(5)							AFS File Reference						      CACHEINFO(5)

NAME

       cacheinfo - Defines configuration parameters for the Cache Manager

DESCRIPTION

       The cacheinfo file defines configuration parameters for the Cache Manager, which reads the file as it initializes.

       The file contains a single line of ASCII text and must reside in the /etc/openafs directory. Use a text editor to create it during initial
       configuration of the client machine; the required format is as follows:

	  <mount>:<cache>:<size>

       where

       <mount>
	   Names the local disk directory at which the Cache Manager mounts the AFS namespace. It must exist before the afsd program runs. The
	   conventional value is /afs. Using any other value prevents traversal of pathnames that begin with /afs (such as pathnames to files in
	   foreign cells that do use the conventional name).  The -mountdir argument to the afsd command overrides this value.

       <cache>
	   Names the local disk directory to use as a cache. It must exist before the afsd program runs. The standard value is /usr/vice/cache,
	   but it is acceptable to substitute a directory on a partition with more available space. Although the Cache Manager ignores this field
	   when configuring a memory cache, a value must always appear in it. The -cachedir argument to the afsd command overrides this value.

       <size>
	   Specifies the cache size as a number of 1-kilobyte blocks. Larger caches generally yield better performance, but a disk cache must not
	   exceed 90% of the space available on the cache partition (85% for AIX systems), and a memory cache must use no more than 25% of
	   available machine memory.

	   The -blocks argument to the afsd command overrides this value. To reset cache size without rebooting on a machine that uses disk
	   caching, use the fs setcachesize command. To display the current size of a disk or memory cache between reboots, use the fs
	   getcacheparms command.

EXAMPLES

       The following example cacheinfo file mounts the AFS namespace at /afs, establishes a disk cache in the /usr/vice/cache directory, and
       defines cache size as 50,000 1-kilobyte blocks.

	  /afs:/usr/vice/cache:50000

SEE ALSO

       afsd(8), fs_getcacheparms(1), fs_setcachesize(1)

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OpenAFS 							    2012-03-26							      CACHEINFO(5)