Re: Cloning an AIX 4.3.3 machine

Bob.Kelley_at_BRINKSINC.COM
Date: 08/27/03

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    you had a mirrored OS you backed up

    put two drives into that machine and should work fine

    Bobby Kelley
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    was the rootvg on the original machine mirrored on 2 disks? if so then I
    think you need to specify 2 disks on the new machine when you restore your
    mksysb (hdisk0 and hdisk1 for example). I've had similar errors when
    trying
    to restore a mirrored rootvg to a single disk...

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Sippel, Christian [mailto:Christian.Sippel@IZB.DE]
    > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 11:16 AM
    > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Subject: Cloning an AIX 4.3.3 machine
    >
    >
    > Hi List,
    > I'm trying to clone an 43p-150 to an 44p170 workstation with
    > an mksysb-tape.
    > On the source machine I created the mksysb with "mksysb -i
    > /dev/rmt0". On
    > the target machine I booted from CD and right after selecting
    > /dev/rmt0 as
    > the device where the backup resides I get an error warning:
    >
    > "An invalid disk (10-80-00-4,0) was specified in the location
    > field of the
    > data file."
    >
    > Then I have the choice to reboot or continue. If I continue
    > then I can go on
    > choosing the disk where I want to install to ( I chose hdisk0
    > with location
    > code 10-60-00-0,0, I don't use maps and I don't shrink
    > filesystems) and if I
    > go on I get:
    >
    > "0516-404 allocp: This system cannot fulfill the allocation
    > request. There
    > are not enough free partitions or not enough physical volumes to keep
    > strictness and satisfy allocation requests. The command
    > should be retrieved
    > with different allocation characteristics.
    >
    > 0516-822 mklv: Unable to crate physical volume.
    > BOS Install: could not create the hd5 logical volume"
    >
    > What did I do wrong? Is it a problem that the 43p is rspc
    > architecture an
    > the 44p is chrp architecture?
    >
    > TIA
    > Christian
    >

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