How do I create a bootable mksysb image file

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Ok, here is the problem in more detail...

This piece of software is looking for and rmt device to write the system tape to. Along with the typical mksysb image, it also appends another file onto the end of the tape which contains a backup of critical file for this particular piece of software.

Ideally, what I'd like to be able to do is redirect rmt0 to a file, so the software can think it's writing to a tape drive when it's really going to a file.

I am not completely familiar with how NIM operates, but I don't think it will appear to the system simply as a tape drive that can be written to.

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