Re: mkcd error - missing filesets

When it creates the bootable image, it tries to include device drivers for
lots of different types of hardware, in case you're recovering on a
different configuration. It's been unable to find some of the filesets it
wants so as it says: it might not be able to boot or restore on some
hardware configurations. It should be fine if you were restoring on the
same server it was created on, or one like it.

With a tape backup, you could clone the system by booting from the
installation CD first. I don't know if you can do that with a CD backup.

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Simon Green
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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark
Schlechte
Sent: 18 August 2006 17:48
To: aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: mkcd error - missing filesets


I seem to remember seeing a similar post in the past but didn't find it in
the archives.
When I create a mksysb on my dvd-ram disk on a couple of 4.3.3 servers I get
the following errors:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------
Initializing mkcd log: /var/adm/ras/mkcd.log...
Verifying command parameters...
Creating image.data file...
Creating temporary file system: /mkcd/mksysb_image...
Creating mksysb image...

Creating list of files to back up...
Backing up 60769 files..............................
41808 of 60769 files (68%).........
60769 of 60769 files (100%)
0512-038 mksysb: Backup Completed Successfully.
Creating temporary file system: /mkcd/cd_fs...
Populating the CD or DVD file system...
0512-323 mkcd: The following files are required for the
creation of the CD or DVD image and are not available on the source system:
/usr/lib/boot/bin/bootinfo_rs6k devices.base.rte
/usr/lib/boot/bin/bootinfo_rspc devices.rspc.base.rte
/usr/lib/boot/bin/bootlist_rs6k devices.base.rte
/usr/lib/boot/bin/bootlist_rspc devices.rspc.base.rte
/usr/lib/boot/bin/libcfg_rs6k devices.base.rte
/usr/lib/boot/bin/libcfg_rspc devices.rspc.base.rte
/usr/lib/boot/bin/mkboot_rs6k devices.base.rte
/usr/lib/boot/bin/mkboot_rspc devices.rspc.base.rte
/usr/lib/drivers/ascsidd devices.mca.8efc.rte
/usr/lib/drivers/ascsiddpin devices.mca.8efc.rte

etc. etc. followed by:

/usr/lib/microcode/8d77.44.54 devices.mca.8d77.ucode
/usr/lib/microcode/8d77.44.58 devices.mca.8d77.ucode
/usr/lib/microcode/8ee3c.01.01 devices.mca.8ee3.ucode
/usr/lib/microcode/8f9a.00.00 devices.mca.8f9a.ucode
/usr/lpp/diagnostics/da/dh2dasd devices.mca.8f78.diag
/usr/lpp/diagnostics/da/dhfd devices.mca.df9f.diag
/usr/lpp/fonts/Erg11.iso1.snf devices.graphics.com
/usr/lpp/fonts/Erg22.iso1.snf devices.graphics.com

The files can be installed from the listed filesets.
0512-321 mkcd: Error populating the CD or DVD file system
using the /usr/lpp/bosinst/cdfs.optional.list proto file.
0512-328 mkcd: The CD or DVD may not be able to boot some systems.
Copying backup to the CD or DVD file system...
Building chrp boot image...
Creating temporary file system: /mkcd/cd_images...
Creating Rock Ridge format image: /mkcd/cd_images/cd_image_46354
Running mkisofs ...
mkrr_fs was successful.
Making the CD or DVD image bootable...
Writing the CD or DVD image to device: /dev/cd1...
Running readcd ...
Capacity: 2236704 Blocks = 4473408 kBytes = 4368 MBytes = 4580 prMB
Sectorsize: 2048 Bytes
burn_cd was successful.

What gives?

Mark

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