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FullSysbackup without root
Not a good idea - if a non-root user can backup all the files on the system it means he has read-access to all files. Worse yet, it means he can restore the files elsewhere. AIX won't allow it, but if you really don't care about security on the system, create a set-uid program owned by root... -
Displaying tape volume id from backup scripts
mksysb does require the boot image as the first block on the tape so you can't have any type of label preceeding it. Storix Backup Administrator for AIX creates bootable/instalable backups more complete than mksysb (includes optional raw lvs, multiple VGs, etc) and puts its own labels on tapes... -
breaking a mirror and backing up rootvg
Although splitlvcopy will work in many cases, you can't use it for a full mksysb backup because it only works with filesystems, not raw logical volumes, and it requires that every filesystem split off simultaneously use a different JFS log. It also does not support JFS2 in AIX 5L. Try Storix...
