remote backup

[l0na]

Is there any way I can create bootable cd for each remote box’s.
I have a few remote AIX client box’s
in my office also I have a p690 with multiple Lpars
Note the p690 is the only system that has a cd burner
Also note the remote AIX client box's do not have NIM client installed
I have AIX 5.2 on all systems

I was thinking to do it this way
1-NFS mount /export/mksysb from remote AIX to one of my LPAR that contain the cd burner let say /export/mksysb_p69
2-Run mksysb –i /export/mksysb/hostname.mksysb
3-Then run mkcd on my p690
is this cd will be bootable ?

 

[hirschaj]

I have never tried it but this sounds like it should work just fine. I assume you would use the "-m" flag to the mkcd command. I would make sure to test the CD out on a test server after I was done though.


Jim Hirschauer

http://www.aixexpert.com

 

[l0na]

Could you please your recommendation how else you would do it.

 

[p5wizard]

If your machines are all on the same AIX version and RM level, it should work. But follow Jim's advice and test it out properly!



HTH,

p5wizard