Setup and install system

[BobRaney]

Hello,

I have an IBM 570 AIX system that we replaced a couple of years ago.
I would like to use this system as a backup for our current IBM 7025-F50 AIX system.
I need the help of a consultant that can help to setup the old system so I can take a tape from the new system and load it on the old.
I am in Woburn, MA and am having a very difficult time finding an AIX Consultant.

Bob Raney

 

[DukeSSD]

Take a mksysb of the F50.
Boot the 570 from the same vertion of AIX install CD.
Take the option to do a migration install.
When it asks for the migration data, point it to the mksysb tape.
It will then take the system files it needs for the 570 from the CD and the other AIX setup information from the mksysb tape.

 

[tekinept]

What exaclty do you mean- backup?
Are you looking for an 'HA' system, where one immediately picks up when the other goes down?
Making a mksysb may work, but for you data, it's not very practical. You really need to give a better idea of what you have (systems, arrays, SAN, etc) and what kind of 'backup' you are looking for.

 

[BobRaney]

The systems are sitting side by side right now.
I need to defind the file system to be the same as the production system.
I would like to be able to take a backup tape out of the production system and load it on the backup system.