Re: mksysb recovery problems

From: David Zarnoch (David.Zarnoch_at_BISYS.COM)
Date: 07/21/04

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    Date:         Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:50:11 -0500
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Folks,

    The system that we are trying to restore has an installed OS.

    We are now attempting to boot into the SMS menu and change
    the bootlist to disk

    BTW...The error we got on the mksysb boot was

    0>

    on the screen

    Dave

    >>> JKREMBLAS@REDHEARTGIFTS.COM 07/21/04 10:37AM >>>
    Wednesday, July 21, 2004, A.D.

    Good morning, Dave,

            It's unclear as to whether you are trying to boot from a mksysb
    TAPE or not as already appropriately addressed by Martin in an earlier
    response to your issue(s).

            If, in fact, you are trying to boot from a mksysb TAPE, AND you
    know this is the correct image for the machine you're trying to recover,
    then we can nip this little problem in the bud by simply changing your
    boot list on the machine. By default, the tape device is not part of the
    boot list. So, the plan is to boot from one of your CD-ROMs and change
    the boot list. Afterwards, we can mount the tape and reboot the system
    from the mksysb TAPE. The procedure that would guide me would look
    something like this:

            (1) Boot from CD-ROM.
            (2) Change boot list.
                    Command: bootlist -m normal rmt0 hdisk0
            (3) Power off machine.
            (4) Insert mksysb tape in tape drive.

            I hope this information helps, and good luck.

            Best wishes,

            Joseph Kremblas
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    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
    David Zarnoch
    Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 6:19 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: mksysb recovery problems

    Folks,

    We are trying to recover a box from a mksysb.

    We first tried to boot off the mksysb but it failed

    Then we tried to boot off CDROMs then access the
    mksysb but we got an error indicating that the operating
    system was different between the CDROMs and the mksysb
    (we suspect that the former admin used personal CDs to
    create the operating system that do not match the level
    we are using presently)

    Is there anything we can try?

    My boss is pretty hot about this...
    :0(

    Thanks!

    Dave Zarnoch
    david.zarnoch@bisys.com

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