mksysb doubt

[Mag0007]

Is it possible to create a mksysb image on server A, and then ftp to server B.

I would then like to use server A's image to create the mksysb tape on server B.

Then I would like to restore that tape on Server B.

 

[DSMARWAY]

One way you can do it is have a NIM server , this server will contain your mksysb images so if a server fails then you restore them required image from the NIM server

also see

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=58734

 

[hfaix]

I'm not clear on what you're trying to do.

Are you wondering if you can take a mksysb to a file on server A, then ftp it to server B, then move to tape from server B? I'm not sure the tape would be bootable if you tried that.

Do you have a NIM server? That would solve your problem. They're actually pretty easy to setup.

If you want a mksysb of server A and you don't have a tape drive on server A, you'll probably need to get an external tape drive or setup a NIM server. If you take the NIM route, I'd probably use NFS not ftp.

good luck.

 

[Mag0007]

does a NIM server have to be AIX?

Can I just have a sun box, running bootp? and have a nfs server on the sun box?

 

[plamb]

NIM only runs on AIX or linux as far as I know

 

[hfaix]

I believe NIM will only run on AIX and linux.

I'm not sure about the Sun box running bootp. good luck.

 

[madmurdock]

Answering to the bootp-request of the nim-client is just one facette in installing a client via nim. You can not install an AIX -machine with sun, nor can you bring a nim master on SUN or any other UNIX, this is IBM only!

As I do not know, what you exactly want to do, I suggest, that you want to clone machine A to machine B. Both of the machines have tape-drives?? I so, even if you have different platforms to install in, you can always boot from origianl AIX-CDs in maintmode, choose "Install from a system backup" and choose the Tapedrive where the mksysb is on.

If you do not have tape-drives in any machine, you will have no other choice to setup an NIM Master ( which is easy with script nim_master-setup from bos.sysmgt.nim.client ).

madmurdock

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[Mag0007]

Thanks everyone for their help!

I brought the system back on its knees!