Re: mksysb and OS CD version

That sounds extremely unpleasant! It hadn't occurred to me that there might
not be a CD in existence: something I'll have to watch out for in the
future. It sounds like IBM messed up badly there.

How were you able to recover the system in the end?

--
Simon Green
EDS

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Barnhart, Troy
Sent: 25 September 2006 21:21
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Subject: Re: mksysb and OS CD version


Whew, I've been there, done that, and learned the hard way.

For AIX 5.2: If you get the "boot image exceeded max. mksysb size limit"
message:
"You MUST have the OS-CD for that exact Maintenance Level of that mksysb."

There is no such thing as an ML06 CD, only a downloadable package.
Therefore, you couldn't boot from a CD and load from the mksysb TAPE.
Pretty scary finding that out at 4am on a Sunday & all I had was an ML04 &
ML07 set of CD's.

A 6-hour downtime became 37-hour downtime.

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  • Re: mksysb and OS CD version
    ... The message in the mksysb output - which says that the boot image is too ... you couldn't boot from a CD and load from the mksysb TAPE. ... A 6-hour downtime became 37-hour downtime. ...
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  • Re: mksysb and OS CD version
    ... "You MUST have the OS-CD for that exact Maintenance Level of that mksysb." ... you couldn't boot from a CD and load from the mksysb TAPE. ... A 6-hour downtime became 37-hour downtime. ... Also we can't boot from mksysb image, because we have exceeded max. mksysb size limit. ...
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